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ALCOCK, John

Personal Information
Rank F/O
Forename(s) John Perry
Surname Alcock
Gender M
Age 30
Decorations
Date of death 05-08-1944
Next of kin Son of John James Alcock and Jemima Ellen Alcock. Husband of Dosie Margaret Alcock, of Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Westland Lysander IIIA
Serial Number V9748
Markings MA-D
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country France
Burial/Memorial Place Messac Communal Cemetery
Grave Reference .
Epitaph ALWAYS TO LIVE IN MY HEART
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 121
Enlistment information
Service Number 127192
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 3
Squadron 161 (Special Duties)
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Fellow Servicemen
Germereau L (Agent)
Last Operation information
Start Date 04-08-1944
End Date 05-08-1944
Takeoff Station Winkleigh
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Special Operations Executive- Operation Piroque, for France
Reason for Loss Shot down by a Mosquito, the pilot of which had followed the Lysander for some 25 miles in an attempt to identify it and concluded it was a Henschel Hs126. The Lysander exploded and crashed onto a farm by the name of La Patouillais near Messac, SSW of Rennes, France.