Alexander, Jack Leslie
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Jack Leslie |
Surname | Alexander |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 25-05-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of George Thomas Alexander, and of Florence Mabel Alexander, of Southampton. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Bristol Blenheim IV |
Serial Number | P4920 |
Markings | BL- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rety Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Joint grave. |
Epitaph | RESTING WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 122 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 562397 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 2 |
Squadron | 40 |
Trade | Observer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Garden, Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the Pathfinder Sqns operating from RAF Wyton, 1942-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/412/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/412/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 25-05-1940 |
End Date | 25-05-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Part of a 24 aircraft sortie to seek out targets in the Rety-Fiennes-Guines triangle |
Reason for Loss | Brought down near Rety, Pas-de-Calais |