Davidson, John Lavery (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1942-October-24

Pilot Officer John Lavery Davidson RCAF

Birth Date: 1920-June-26

Born:

Parents: Son of John Davidson, and of Mary Davidson, of Leaside, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Leaside, Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

131 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Invicta

Base

RAF Thorney Island

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/16056
Prev: R/85602

Home
Google MapLeaside, Toronto, Ontario
Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 100

131 Squadron (Invicta) RAF Thorney Island. Two Spitfire Vb aircraft (AB 850 and BM 472) on a ground radar calibration test flight, were intercepted and shot down by multiple Fw 190 aircraft and crashed in the sea thirty-five miles south-east of Selsey, Sussex, England

Pilot Officer JL Davidson (RCAF) in Spitfire Vb AB 850 and Sergeant J Gray (RAFVR) were missing, believed killed. Pilot Officer Davidson and Sergeant Gray have no known grave and are both commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)