Calhoun, John Caldwell (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Halifax Mk II HR-660 FS-A

Took off from Gambut Libya on a special parachuting mission in support of the Italian resistance.

Just before the jump the aircraft was hit by flak and came down at Ancona, Italy.

Killed includes Calhoun: Flying Officer Henry George Lancaster RAF KIA Ancona War Cemetery, Plot IV. Row K. Grave 15. Flight Sergeant John Walter Sole RAF KIA Ancona War Cemetery, Plot IV. Row K. Grave 13. Sergeant William Ernest Thurnall RAF KIA Ancona War Cemetery, Plot IV. Row K. Grave 14.

POWs: Warrant Officer Class 2 Alexander Allan Cameron RCAF R/110909 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Flight Sergeant John Vaux Collett RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Flying Officer John Joseph O'Neill RAF POW camp not listed. WO Cyril Woodington RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus.

I was unable to find Flight Sergeant Benjamin James Owen RAF anywhere in the record, other than on one website that listed him as a casualty.