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Holton, Jack (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action unkown date

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Birth Date: unkown date (age unknown)

Home: Olney, Buckinghamshire, England

Service
RAF
Unit
625 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
We Avenge
Base
RAF Waddington
Rank
Pilot Officer
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Service Numbers
183746

Took off from Kelstern at 08:24 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code CF-A Bomber Command) on an operation to Wanne-Eickel Germany.

Aircraft shot down by flak at Herten Scherlebeck, two miles north of Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

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Killed includes Holton: Flying Officer Edward John Brown RCAF J/37886 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Plot 20. Row B. Grave 4. Flying Officer Allan Bruce RCAF J/27531 pilot KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Plot 17. Row G. Grave 4. Pilot Officer Vincent Daniel Campbell RCAF J/95217 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 20. Row B. Grave 9. Flying Officer Lindsay Leonard Guthrie RCAF J/29986 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 20. Row B. Grave 6. Pilot Officer Norman Gordon Marler RCAF J/95392 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 20. Row B. Grave 14. Pilot Officer Earl Duncan Wilmot RCAF J/95499 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 20. Row B. Grave 5.

Home
Google MapOlney, Buckinghamshire, England
Target
Google MapWanne-Eickel Germany

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