Sergeant John Henry Lightfoot
Lightfoot, John Henry (Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1943-January-09
Birth Date: 1921
Born:
Parents: SON OF JOHN LIGHTFOOT AND OF MARGARET LIGHTFOOT (NEE LEITCH), OF EDINBURGH;
Spouse: HUSBAND OF JEAN SHEARER LIGHTFOOT (NEE ROBERTSON).
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAF
Unit
44 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Fulmina Regis Lusta The king's thunderbolts are righteous
Base
RAF Waddington
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Flight Mechanic/Air Gunner
Service Numbers
653613
Target
Oresund Sweden (Daffodil)
Crew or Other Personnel
Lancaster W4277
Mission
Lancaster Mk.I W4277
Minelaying Oresund Sweden (Daffodil) 1943-January-09 to 1943-January-09
44 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Waddington
44 Rhodesia Squadron (Fulmina Regis lusta). Lancaster aircraft W 4277 lost to enemy action whilst laying mines off the Danish Coast..
Claim by Fw Ernst Baader 4/NJG3 - 8674 B1 in See: 2,700m at 21:10
Crashed Sost Skov (Forest) near Rise-Hjarup 3 km NNW of Aabenraa Denmark
Six RAF members of the crew, Flying Officer A.G. Cameron, Sergeants A.R.A. Colonna, J. Hutchison, J.H. Lightfoot, D.B. Mogg, and S. Wright were also killed.
Source of Personnel and grave marker images via "Airwar over Denmark" (http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430001.shtml)
Lancaster W4277 Mk.I - Minelaying Oresund Sweden (Daffodil) - 1943-01-09 to 1943-01-09
Squadron: 44 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1943-01-09
Completion Date: 1943-01-09
Mission: Minelaying
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Oresund Sweden (Daffodil)
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Waddington
Take Off Time: 17:36
Squadron Code: KM S
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Aabenraa, Denmark
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
44 Rhodesia Squadron (Fulmina Regis lusta). Lancaster aircraft W 4277 lost to enemy action whilst laying mines off the Danish Coast..
Claim by Fw Ernst Baader 4/NJG3 - 8674 B1 in See: 2,700m at 21:10
Crashed Sost Skov (Forest) near Rise-Hjarup 3 km NNW of Aabenraa Denmark
Six RAF members of the crew, Flying Officer A.G. Cameron, Sergeants A.R.A. Colonna, J. Hutchison, J.H. Lightfoot, D.B. Mogg, and S. Wright were also killed.
Source of Personnel and grave marker images via "Airwar over Denmark" (http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430001.shtml)
