Chisholm, John Harry Mackellar
Personal Information
Rank | S/L |
Forename(s) | John Harry Mackellar |
Surname | Chisholm |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 16-09-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Mackellar Chisholm and Margery Mackellar Chisholm. Husband of Patricia Lorraine Chisholm (née Hulton-Harrop), of Betton Strange, Shropshire. They married in 1940. Father of Anna Chisholm (three at the time of his death) and John Chisholm (six months). |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito XIX |
Serial Number | TA936 |
Markings | RS- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 200. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 144 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 39652 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 100 |
Squadron | 157 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Miscellaneous Information
Born in 1918 in New South Wales and emigrated to England in 1936, aged 18. Known as 'Chis'. His mother had divorced and moved to India where she remarried - to Colonel N H Prenderghast of Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides. Chis was sponsored by the RAF to attend the No 10 Civil Flying School at White Waltham in 1937 and was commissioned a year later with the rank of Flying Officer. It is believed he joined 75 Squadron, attended a parachute course and flew Whitley bombers in the years leading up to the outbreak of war. Certainly 1941 saw him serving with No 1 Photo Reconnaissance and with the RAF film production unit. Late in 1942 he transferred to 600 Squadron where he flew Blenheims, which included a tour in North Africa. He joined 157 Squadron in July 1943 and in 1944 found himself with that Mosquito Squadron stationed at RAF Swannington. |
His wife's brother, P/O John Hulton-Harrop, was the first British figher pilot to be killed in the war; flying a Hurricane with 56 Squadron, he was tragically shot down by another RAF fighter in a case of mistaken identity. |
His daughter Anna went on to marry Ian McCorquodale, the son of Barbara Cartland. His son John went to Sandhurst and was commissioned in the KSLI, serving in Belize, Singapore and Malaysia. He now lives with his wife Kathy, daughter Patricia and son Alexander in Clawson, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1046/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1046/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 15-09-1944 |
End Date | 16-09-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Swannington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (2% moon) |
Operation | Bomber Support |
Reason for Loss | Lost without trace. The squadron sent out three Mosquitoes the following morning to undertake an Air Sea Rescue but despite a lengthy sweep of the area they were believed to have come down in the sea, not trace of them was seen. |