Muschamp, John Edward George
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | John Edward George |
Surname | Muschamp |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Date of Death | 22-02-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Group Captain George Allen Rodolphe Muschamp, R.A.F., and Louise Henriette Helene, Muschamp, of Wendover Buckinghamshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | NG450 |
Markings | HA-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 17. B. 16. |
Epitaph | IN THAT RICH EARTH A RICHER DUST CONCEALED; A DUST WHOM ENGLAND BORE. (From The Soldier by Rupert Brooke) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 217 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 153175 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 218 (Gold Coast) |
Squadron Motto | In time |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Michaels & All Angels Church, Halton, Buckinghamshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque on wooden frame |
Memorial Text | In loving memory of Flying Officer J.E.G. Muschamp 22nd. February 1945 |
Location | Village Green, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Monument with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | In memory and honour of the Royal Air Force and Polish Air Force Squadrons who were based at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Location | St. Mary's Church, Bexwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of the squadrons based at R.A.F. Downham Market and those who have their lives during the 1939 - 1945 war |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH and Sqn Crest |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Miscellaneous Information
The four survivors became PoW and were very badly beaten by the Gestapo |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1353/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1353/3 |
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.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 22-02-1945 |
End Date | 22-02-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Chedburgh |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Gelsenkirchen- to attack a synthetic oil plant. 167 Lancasters of 3 Group to bomb the oil refineries at Gelsenkirchen and Osterfeld. Both targets were accurately hit. 1 Lancaster lost |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak at 18000' over the target and partially abandoned |