Quick, John Askey (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1941-August-06

Pilot Officer John Askey Quick RCAF

Birth Date: 1917

Born:

Parents: Son of John Askey Quick and Florence Elizabeth Quick, of Squamish, British Columbia, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Squamish, British Columbia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

77 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Esse Potius Quam Videri To be, rather than to seem

Base

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/4108

Home
Google MapSquamish, British Columbia
Final Burial
Google MapStratford-On-Avon Cemetery
Grave 4121
77 Squadron (Esse Potius Quam Videri). Pilot Officer Quick was killed when Whitley V aircraft Z 6740 crashed on a training flight following a structural failure of the wing due to an inflight fire at Alverston, Warwickshire, England Addendum: - The squadron was based at Topcliffe when the Whitley crashed. P/O(s) A.W. Ogston (RAF), A.W. Tomlinson (RAF), Sergeants H.J. MacLean (RAF), and H.J. Gibbs (RAF) were also killed. Ogston was buried in Springbank, Aberdeen, Tomlinson at Golders Green, Middlesex, MacLean at Ayr, Ayrshire, and Gibbs at Battersea. Detail from "Some of the Many" by Roy Walker, Kent, England.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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