Winn, John Edwin
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | John Edwin |
Surname | Winn |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 01-04-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Leonard and Agnes Dorothy Winn, of Northampton. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED626 |
Markings | PM-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Harderwijk General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | British Plot 2. Grave 23. |
Epitaph | WE SHALL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU JOHN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 118 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1212281 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 103 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | All Saints Church, Elsham, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served at RAF Elsham Wolds on 103 7 576 Squadrons 1941-45 |
Location | Anglian Water Treatment Works, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Pillar & Plaques |
Memorial Text | Pillar : RAF Elsham Wolds, 1941-1945, For those who made the great sacrifice. Plaque :This tree is dedicated to all those who served with 103 Squadron Royal Air Force. Plaque : RAF Elsham Wolds, Opened in Summer 1941 as a bomber station in No1 group, it w |
Miscellaneous Information
Each year in November the local people of Harderwijk hold a ceremony to honour the 43 airmen who lie in their cemetery. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/815/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/815/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 01-04-1943 |
End Date | 01-04-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Elsham Wolds |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Emerich |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Hulshorst, Holland |