Nixon, John Leonard
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | John Leonard |
Surname | Nixon |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 29-02-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Leonard and Margaret Nixon, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LW336 |
Markings | PT- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Chester (Blacon) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. A. Grave 809. |
Epitaph | ON EARTH HE NOBLY DID HIS BEST GRANT HIM, JESUS HEAVENLY REST. GOD BLESS HIM |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 219 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/163357 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 420 (Snowy Owl) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet on Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 420 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, inscribed Metal Plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial, in English & French, to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 (RCAF) Sqn |
Location | Former Control Tower, Tholthorpe Airfield, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 Sqn |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-02-1944 |
End Date | 29-02-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Tholthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (31% moon) |
Operation | Training |
Reason for Loss | Stalled while flying at 20000' and crashed near Aberystwyth, Wales |