Jackson, Lawrence Kendall (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1945-April-19

Flying Officer Lawrence Kendall Jackson RCAF

Birth Date: 1921

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Home: Halifax, Nova Scotia

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

182 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Fearless I Direct My Flight

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/86071
Prev: R/60246

Final Burial
Google MapBecklingen War Cemetery
12 B 1A
182 Squadron (Fearless I Direct My Flight). Flying Officer Jackson was on an armed reconnaissance over the Fettenburg and Hamburg areas of Germany and was attacking enemy shipping on the Elbe River when his Typhoon aircraft SW 412 was hit by flak. Flying Officer Jackson radioed he was bailing out but no parachute was seen. The Typhoon went down in flames 47 miles north of Berlin one and one half miles south-east of Wusterhausen, Germany.