Tomkinson, John La Bassee
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | John La Bassee |
Surname | Tomkinson |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 13-03-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Henry and Gertrude Tomkinson, of Fareham, Hampshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | N2746 |
Markings | BU-M |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Groningen (Esserveld) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot RP. Row Class 2. Coll. grave 25. |
Epitaph | HE GAVE HIS ALL FOR YOU AND US. HIS LOVING MUM AND DAD, BROTHER, SISTER AND UDA |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 254 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 701366 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of Our Lady, Warnford, Hampshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet & Framed Documents & Photo |
Memorial Text | In memory of Sgt. J.L. Tomkinson, R.A.F.V.R. 214 Sqn. 13th. March 1941 |
Location | Outside former Officers Mess, Stradishall, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | To commemorate 32 years of service by the men and women of R.A.F. Stradishall 1938 - 1970 |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Plaques and RoH within wooden case |
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
Sgt John Tomkinson is remembered in Warnford Church, Hampshire, where there are memorials to him. There is a photograph of him on a table display within the church, as he was also the only person from Warnford killed in either of the two world wars. |
Air gunner 910761 Sgt. D.W. Waters RAF was the sole survivor, who bacame a PoW |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1320/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1320/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 13-03-1941 |
End Date | 14-03-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Stradishall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (100% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter Ofw Paul Gildner (IV/NJG1) and crashed close to Groningen, Holland |