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CASSAN JD
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CASSAN, John

Personal Information
Rank P/O
Forename(s) John Douglas
Surname Cassan
Gender M
Age 21
Decorations
Date of death 22-06-1944
Next of kin Son of Arthur William Marshall Cassan and Ida Frances Cassan, of Clevedon, Somerset.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Boeing Fortress III
Serial Number SR382
Markings BU-B
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Netherlands
Burial/Memorial Place Uden War Cemetery
Grave Reference 5. B. 5..
Epitaph HE IS NOT HERE: FOR HE IS RISEN" ST.MATT. XXVIII.6
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 142
Enlistment information
Service Number 172119
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 100
Squadron 214 (Federated Malay States)
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Fellow Servicemen
Abbott N W S (Sgt)
Bryant S H (Sgt)
Orr G (F/S)
Sharpe A (F/S)
Last Operation information
Start Date 21-06-1944
End Date 22-06-1944
Takeoff Station Oulton
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Bomber Support- in support of the attacks on Scholven-Buer and Wesseling
Reason for Loss Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Bergharen, Gelderland, Holland