Huntley, John Leonard George
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | John Leonard George |
Surname | Huntley |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 12-09-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Thomas Huntley and Ruby Marjorie Huntley, of Merton Park, Surrey. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ406 |
Markings | C8-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 14. E. 12-14. |
Epitaph | EARTH HAS LOST, HEAVEN HAS GAINED, ONE OF THE BEST THE WORLD CONTAINED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 186 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1388025 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 640 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Normandy Barracks, Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Metal Sculpture Brick Pillars and Inscribed Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Leconfield, including 640 Sqn |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Beverley, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those of 640 Sqn who were killed during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2216/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2157/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 11-09-1944 |
End Date | 12-09-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Leconfield |
Day/Night Raid | Night (26% moon) |
Operation | Scholven-Buer synthetic oil plant. Part of a 412 aircraft attack on three oil plants- Dortmund, Scholven-Buer and Wanne-Eickel. The Dortmund raid was a particularly successful one but smoke screens prevented observation of the other two. 7 losses in all. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed between Geldern and Kevelaer in the Ruhr, Germany |