Easton, Joan Marjorie
Personal Information
Rank | Section Officer |
Forename(s) | Joan Marjorie |
Surname | Easton |
Gender | F |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | MiD |
Date of Death | 08-09-1943 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | BK809 |
Markings | AA-T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Charlton Cemetery, Greenwich |
Grave Reference | Sec. C. 1st Gen. Joint grave 793. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 159 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 2986 |
Service | Women's Auxiliary Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 75 (NZ) |
Trade | Ground Staff |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | A142 Mepal, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Piller and Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | Former site of RAF Mepal. Home to No 75 (New Zealand) Sqn, No 3 Gp, Bomber Command, 1943-1945 |
Location | Village Centre, Mepal, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A stone memorial, donated by former members of 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF stationed at Mepal between 1943 and 1945 |
Location | St. Andrews Church, Sutton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in Wooden Case with brass plaque |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour. Plaque, Presented by 75(NZ) Sqn Association - UK Branch in memory of Comrades named in the Roll of Honour |
Location | St. Marys Church, Feltwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Piller and Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 75 (NZ) Sqn, RAF. Formed at RAF Feltwell in April 1940 and flew from there until June 1942. The Sqn number was presented to New Zealand becoming 75 Sqn RNZAF in October 1946 until its disbanding in December 2001. |
Location | Newmarket Racecourse, Newmarket, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | Remembering No 75 (New Zealand) Sqn, No 3 Gp Bomber Command. RAF Newmarket Heath, November 1942 - June 1943 |
Miscellaneous Information
She was killed on the ground along with two civilians |
Mentioned in Despatches January 1944 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/646/42 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/646/41 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-09-1943 |
End Date | 09-09-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Mepal |
Day/Night Raid | Night (66% moon) |
Operation | Boulogne- to bomb a long-range gun battery. 257 aircraft. Officially no losses, presumably because BK809 crashed so close to the airfield it did not count amongst the main force. Five B-17s took part in the raid- the first to fly on a night time raid. Oboe equipped Mosquitoes failed to mark the target (they were using a new marking technique) and the gun battery did not appear to have been damaged at all. |
Reason for Loss | Swung violently on takeoff and collided with a petrol tanker before crashing into houses near the airfield |