Person, Jean Feancois Marie
Personal Information
Rank | Cne |
Forename(s) | Jean Feancois Marie |
Surname | Person |
Gender | M |
Decorations | DFC |
Date of Death | 07-12-1944 |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | NR153 |
Markings | L8-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | |
Grave Reference | |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 225 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 001280 |
Service | Free French Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 347 (Tunisie) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | France |
Other Memorials
Location | Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the French 346 and 347 Squadrons of the R.A.F. - Guyenne and Tunisie |
Location | B1228, Elvington, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Monument |
Memorial Text | In loving memory of the French crews of R.A.F. Squadrons 346 - 347 Guyenne and Tunisie 1939 - 1945 |
Location | York Minster, York, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of Squadrons 346 and 347 of RAF Bomber Command based at Elvington June 1944 to May 1945 |
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1743/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1743/13 |
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 | 06-12-1944 |
End Date | 07-12-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Elvington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (56% moon) |
Operation | Osnabrück. 453 aircraft, 8 losses. The first major raid on this target in more than two years. The railway yards were only partly damaged but the Teuto-Metallwerke munitions factory was hit. 39 people were killed |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Wachendorf, NW of Lingen, Germany |