Skinner, John Walrod Seymour
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | John Walrod Seymour |
Surname | Skinner |
Gender | M |
Age | 31 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Herbert Seymour Skinner and Gladys Cottle Skinner, of St. Michael, Barbados. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ677 |
Markings | C8-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Dreux Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row 1. Coll. grave 27-29. |
Epitaph | FOR JUSTICE AND FREEDOM |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 242 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 108951 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 640 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Barbados |
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 27/2216/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2157/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-06-1944 |
End Date | 03-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Leconfield |
Day/Night Raid | Night (85% moon) |
Operation | Trappes- to bomb the railway yards. 128 aircraft, 16 losses (12.5%). Most of the bombing fell in the eastern portion of the target area |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Boutigny-sur-Opton, east of Dreux, France |