Armstrong, John Keith
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | John Keith |
Surname | Armstrong |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 29-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Roy Harold and Myrtle Lillie Armstrong, of Boissevain, Manitoba, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ816 |
Markings | BM-W |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Kiel War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 2. E. 21. |
Epitaph | IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOHN WHO HAS PASSED ON TO HIGHER SERVICE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 124 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/28574 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 433 (Porcupine) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Armstrong Esker, Manitoba; Armstrong Esker is situated north of Bullion Lake, and south of Urquhart Lake. |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Esker |
Memorial Text |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1862/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1862/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-07-1944 |
End Date | 29-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Skipton on Swale |
Day/Night Raid | Night (56% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg. 307 aircraft. German night-fighters appeared on the return leg leading to 22 losses (7.2%). This was the first raid on Hamburg for a year and was not well concentrated. The Germans were unable to determine the aiming point from the bombing results. Most of the bombs fell on areas devastated during 1943. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Rolf Ebhardt, of 8./NJG 1. Crashed at Prinzenmoor, WSW of Jevenstedt, Germany. Ebhardt made three claims on this night. |