Freestone, John Handel
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | John Handel |
Surname | Freestone |
Gender | M |
Age | 31 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-09-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Francis Joseph and Annie Elizabeth Freestone, of Waldron, Saskatchewan, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | X3711 |
Markings | VR-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Warnant-Dinant Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 3. |
Epitaph | PEACE, PERFECT PEACE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 167 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/15424 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Freestone Lake, Saskatchewan |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Lake |
Memorial Text |
Location | Outside Former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Memorial Tablet on Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to Nos 419, 420 and 428 Sqns RCAF who flew from RAF Middleton St George during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-09-1942 |
End Date | 03-09-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Topcliffe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (47% moon) |
Operation | Karlsruhe. 200 aircraft despatched- 8 losses (4.0%). PFF achieved good accuracy and as a result the raid was a success. Reconnaissance photographs showed extensive damage to the residential areas and some damage to the industrial centres |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed near Dinant, Belgium |