Jones, Anthony Leonard Died

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Personal Information

Rank P/O
Forename(s) Anthony Leonard
Surname Jones
Gender M
Age 20
Date of Death 06-11-1940
Next of Kin Son of Frederick Leonard Jones and Blanche Lucy Jones (née Burrows). Nephew and Ward of Esmond V. Jarrold, of Ewell, Surrey.
JONES AL

Aircraft Information

Aircraft Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V
Serial Number P5001
Markings ZA-S

Memorial Information

Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Runnymede Memorial
Grave Reference Panel 8.

IBCC Memorial Information

Map
Directions to panel 190
JONES AL

Location

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Panel 190
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Directions From the Chadwick Centre, take the central path towards The Spire.

Phase 2
Panel Number 190

Enlistment Information

Service Number 42843
Service Royal Air Force
Group 4
Squadron 10
Squadron Motto Rem acu tangere (To hit the mark)
Trade Pilot
Country of Origin United Kingdom

Other Memorials

Location Roman Rd, Leeming, North Yorkshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Brass plaque set into a stone plinth into which is carved with the Canadian maple leaf and the Yorkshire rose.
Memorial Text This memorial is dedicated to those men and women who served at RAF Leeming during World War II, including those from the Royal Canadian Air Force Squadrons, whose members came from all parts of the Commonwealth from 1942 to 1945; 405 Vancouver, 408 Goose, 419 Moose, 427 Lion, 429 Bison. Also, to the many Civilians who supported them during their term of duty in North Yorkshire. We remember too the RAF Squadrons who preceded the Canadians from 1940 - 1942; 7 - 10 - 35 -77 - 102 - 219. To those who paid the supreme sacrifice, we will remember them. Dedicated June 19, 1993
Location Opposite old Main Guardroom, RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Stone Memorial & Metal Plaques
Memorial Text In commemoration of those men and women of many nations who served at RAF Leeming during the second world war.
Location Melbourne, East Yorkshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Brick Memorial Stone & Plaque
Memorial Text No 10 Squadron, 4 Group Bomber Command, WWII 1939-1945. This memorial was erected at the entrance to the former RAF Station Melbourne by ex Members and Friends of the Squadron to honour the memory of all personnel who died in the service of their Country during WWII and as a tribute to the many friends in the Villages of Melbourne and Seaton Ross for their many deeds of kindness.
Location Melbourne Airfield, East Yorkshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Inscribed Runway Light in Concrete Base
Memorial Text Let this landing light be a memorial to all those 1,000 aircrew and 120 aircraft that left this very point never to return so that we may return again and again in freedom to enjoy York Motor Sport Park
Location Roadside location (off E6), Fættenfjord, near Åsenfjord, Trøndelag Fylke
Country Norway
Memorial Type Inscribed memorial stone atopped with inert aerial sea mine and Tirpitz anchor chain link
Memorial Text For Frihet Til minne om Allierte Flymannskaper fra RAF drept under angrep pa det tyske slagskipet Tirpitz i Fættenfjord 1942
Translation "For freedom In memory of the Allied Aircrews from the RAF who died in attacks on the German Battleship Tirpitz in the Fættenfjord 1942 "
Location Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, North Yorkshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Memorial Gardens, Propeller, Inscribed Marble Tablets
Memorial Text In everlasting homage to the courage of those who have found their winged victory through the skies of Yorkshire
Location Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, North Yorkshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Propeller Unit & Inscribed Marble Tablets
Memorial Text They made the supreme sacrifice so that you & I may go in peace with freedom. 4 Group 1939 - 1945.
Location Heslington Hall, York, North Yorkshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Inscribed Metal Plaque
Memorial Text Heslington Hall 1941 - 1945, 4 Gp Headquarters Bomber Command. In remembrance of those Air & Ground personnel who made the supreme sacrifice that we all may walk in peace with freedom

Miscellaneous Information

Anthony’s birth was registered in Erpingham, Norfolk in Q2 1920. He was the second child of ex-patriates Frederick and Blanche. His father was editor of the “Malay Mail” in Kuala Lumpur. His mother had returned to family in Norfolk for his birth and then returning to Kuala Lumpur. At some point (probably to do with his schooling in the UK) Anthony was made a ward of Esmond Vavasseur Jarrold, the husband of his maternal aunt, Elsie.
From 23 October 1939, Anthony was granted a Short Term Commission of 4 years as an Acting Pilot Officer. He advanced to Pilot Officer on probation, 20 April 1940, and that position was confirmed on 14 August 1940.
On the night of 5-6 August 1940, he was the second pilot aboard Whitley P4952 which took off from RAF Leeming at 20.48 hours on an operation to bomb the Dornier aircraft factory at Wismar. The aircraft was struck by a flak in the front turret, but the pilot was able to take evasive action which saved the aircraft from further damage. None of the crew was injured and the Whitley landed safely at Leeming 04.25 hours. On the night of 20-21 September 1940, Anthony was the pilot of Whitley P5001 KA-S which, at 21.17 hours, took off from RAF Leeming on an operation to bomb primary targets of Hamm, Soest and Ehrang around Cologne. They dropped their bombs on railway lines at one of the primary targets around 01.00 hours in a series of three attacks. The aircraft’s port wing was hit by anti-aircraft fire, but the damage was relatively slight and, at 05.15 hours, the Whitley landed safely back at Leeming where the flak damage was quickly repaired.

Casualty Pack Number Find Out More

AIR 81/4111 (P355880/40)

The National Archives

Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/141/30
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/141/30

Fellow Servicemen

Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.

Name Outcome
Harding E G (Sgt) Died
Smith P T H (Sgt) Died
Walker W L T (Sgt) Died
Watt J B (Sgt) Died

Last Operation Information

Start Date 05-11-1940
End Date 06-11-1940
Takeoff Station Leeming
Day/Night Raid Night (41% moon)
Operation Milan
Reason for Aircraft Loss They reported that the operation had been completed at 23.59 hours and set off on the return. At 0430, the aircraft asked for a fix, which placed it near Louvain in Belgium. Three further fixes were sent, the last being at 0554 placing the aircraft just north of Dunkirk. SOS calls were received between 0604 and 0614. Contact was then lost, with the aircraft some 25 miles east of Ramsgate on Kent’s North Foreland. Nothing further was heard and no trace was ever found despite extensive searches.
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