Armstrong, John
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | John |
Surname | Armstrong |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-06-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Paul Armstrong, and of Laura Emma Armstrong, of Redcar, Yorkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | DJ974 |
Markings | HA-T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hanover War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 10. E. 14-17. |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM (Poem - For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 124 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 998998 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 218 (Gold Coast) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary's Church, Bexwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of the squadrons based at R.A.F. Downham Market and those who have their lives during the 1939 - 1945 war |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH and Sqn Crest |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1350/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1350/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-06-1942 |
End Date | 28-06-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Marham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Bremen. 144 aircraft in this second of three attacks in a week on this target. Gee was used to blind-bomb through complete cloud cover. Atlas Werke and the Korff refinery were hit for a second time, the first being the Thousand Radi two days earlier. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed near Hohenstiefersiel |