Steen, John Ross
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | John Ross |
Surname | Steen |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 04-06-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Dr. James Ross Steen, M.D., and of Elsie Cecilia Steen (Nee Tice), of Hulton Mount, Essex. Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Manchester I |
Serial Number | L7432 |
Markings | VN-Z Z-Zebra |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Apeldoorn (Ugchelen-Heidehof) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 4. Grave 134. |
Epitaph | ALL YOU HAD HOPED FOR, ALL YOU HAD, YOU GAVE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 101 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 109916 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 50 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Birchwood Way, Birchwood Estate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial & Inscribed Marble Obolisk |
Memorial Text | To the memory of the Air Crews and Ground Staff who gave their lives whilst serving with No 50 Squadron and No 61 Squadron, 5 group, Bomber Command The Royal Air Force 2nd World War 1939 to 1945. No 50 Squadron "From defence to attack" Operated from Waddi |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Stone |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Skellingthorpe. My brief sweet life is over, My eyes no longer see, No Christmas Trees, No summer walks, No pretty girls for me, I've got the chop - I've had it, My nightly ops are done, Yet in another 100 years I'll still be twenty one. R |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/487/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/487/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-06-1942 |
End Date | 04-06-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Skellingthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (70% moon) |
Operation | Bremen |
Reason for Loss | Took off at 2110. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Beekbergen, Holland |