Coleman, John Eric (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1942-July-29

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Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Parents: Ernest and Bertha Coleman

Spouse: Dora Coleman, of Esher, Surrey, England

Home: Esher, Surrey, England

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

9 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Noctem Volamus Through out the night we fly

Base

RAF Honington

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Wireless Operator/Air Gunner

Service Numbers

106074

Home
Google MapEsher, Surrey, England
Target
Google MapBremen Germany
Final Burial
Google MapBecklingen War Cemetery
Collective Grave Plot 26 Row H Grave 11-13

Crew or Other Personnel

Wellington X3606

Pilot Officer Gerard McKee Beech RCAF

Pilot Officer Beech, Gerard McKee (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1942-July-29
Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau, Germany

Pilot Officer John Eric Coleman RAFVR

Pilot Officer Coleman, John Eric (RAFVR)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-July-29
Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau, Germany

Flight Sergeant David Alan Hunter RAF

Flight Sergeant Hunter, David Alan (RAF)
Air Gunner (Rear)
Prisoner of War
1942-July-29
cemetery unknown

Squadron Leader Harry H Ledger RAF

Squadron Leader Ledger, Harry H (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1942-July-29
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Jack Robert Ludkin RAF

Flight Sergeant Ludkin, Jack Robert (RAF)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-July-29
Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau, Germany

Mission

Wellington Mk. III X3606

Bombing Bremen Germany 1942-July-28 to 1942-July-29

9 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Honington

9 Squadron (Per noctem volamus) RAF Honington. Wellington III aircraft X 3606 WS-M was hit by heavy flak (schwere) Flak of the 4/schwere Flak-Abteilung 262 while homeward-bound from an operation against targets in Bremen, Germany. The Wellington crashed into the Burgerpark, in the Walle District of Bremen, Germany with the loss of four crew members

Pilot Officer Gerard McKee Beech (RCAF), Squadron Leader Harry Ledger (RAF), Pilot Officer John Eric Coleman (RAFVR), and Flight Sergeant Jack Robert Ludkin (RAF) were killed in action

Flight Sergeant David Alan Hunter (RAFVR) was the lone survivor from his crew and was taken as Prisoner of War

There were two Wellington III aircraft 9 Sqn aircraft lost in the same area on this date. Please see aircraft serial X 3475 WS-P for casualty list and detail

Unvetted Source Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database

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