Banting, John Albert Stokes
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | John Albert Stokes |
Surname | Banting |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 26-04-1942 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | W7506 |
Markings | HA-K |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 18. D. 11-15. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 126 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 107988 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 218 (Gold Coast) |
Trade | Observer |
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 |
Miscellaneous Information
Many sources state that this aircraft crashed close to Baden-Baden but in fact it crashed some 100km away from here. |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/13875 (P368176/42) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1350/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1350/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 25-04-1942 |
End Date | 26-04-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Marham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (72% moon) |
Operation | Pilsen- Skoda armaments factory |
Reason for Loss | Crashed in the Lohrer Mühle locality of Bad Kreuznach, south west of Mainz, in a field adjacent to the Ellerbach stream, at the junction of the Hüffelsheim and Rüdesheimer roads. |