Freeman, John Archibald
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | John Archibald |
Surname | Freeman |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-04-1944 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | LN482 |
Markings | OP-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Southgate Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. HD. Grave 589. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 37 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1396618 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 92 |
Squadron | 17 OTU |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Centre, Silverstone, Northamptonshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Village Sign & Inscribed Slate Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of No. 17 OTU, Silverstone Airfield. 1943 - 1946 |
Location | Within Motor Racing Circuit, Silverstone, Northamptonshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone & Stencilled RoH |
Memorial Text | Per Ardua Ad Astra to those who served No.17 OTU R.A.F. Silverstone. 1943 - 1946 |
Location | Road Bridge over A43, Turweston, Northamptonshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Framed Scroll |
Memorial Text | Remembered with Honour, Bomber Command, 17 OTU, RAF Silverstone and RAF Turweston. 1943 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-04-1944 |
End Date | 05-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Oakley |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training - Cross Country |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took off from Oakley at 1255 hrs for a two and a half hour cross country exercise. Aircraft lost control while flying in cloud and broke up circa 1230 to 1300 hrs over fields on Poplars farm Rothersthorpe, Northampton. There were no survivors |