Birth Date: 1914-December-18
Born: Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Parents: Son of Claude Hickman Beer Armstrong and Winnifred Russell (nee Emberson) Armstrong
Spouse: Husband of Hilda (nee Charman) Armstrong, of Victoria, British Columbia
Home: Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment: Ottawa Ontario
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
128 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Fulminis Instar Like a thunderbolt
Base
RAF Wyton
Rank
Squadron Leader
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/5707
Berlin Germany
Cemetery at Breda, Princenhage, Noord Brabant, Netherlands
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
Squadron Leader Armstrong had previously been employed at the Royal Bank of Canada, starting at the St Catherine and Bleury branch in Montreal on June 27, 1935 and later served at the Bank and Somerset branch in Ottawa, Ontario from where he enlisted in the RCAF on December 10, 1940
Armstrong graduated among the first five in his class and served as a Flight Instructor at Camp Borden before being posted overseas
128 Squadron RAF (Fulminas Instar) RAF Wyton. Mosquito BXVI aircraft RV 306 participated in a night bombing operation to Berlin, Germany. On the return flight, the starboard engine developed a problem and was shut down. Now flying on the port engine alone, the pilot elected to land at Advanced Landing Ground B.77 Gilze-Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. The Mosquito overshot the landing, stalled and crashed with the loss of both aircrew
The pilot, Squadron Leader J D Armstrong (RCAF) and navigator Flying Officer W E Whyte (RCAF) were both killed in action
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
128 Squadron Mosquito XVI RV306 M5:U Sqn Ldr Armstrong RAF...
128 Squadron RAF (Fulminas Instar) RAF Wyton. Mosquito BXVI aircraft RV 306 participated in a night bombing operation to Berlin, Germany. On the return flight, the starboard engine developed a problem and was shut down. Now flying on the port engine alone, the pilot elected to land at Advanced Landing Ground B.77 Gilze-Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. The Mosquito overshot the landing, stalled and crashed with the loss of both aircrew
The pilot, Squadron Leader J D Armstrong (RCAF) and navigator Flying Officer W E Whyte (RCAF) were both killed in action
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
128 Squadron Mosquito XVI RV306 M5:U Sqn Ldr Armstrong RAF...
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)