Tonkyn, John Walter
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | John Walter |
Surname | Tonkyn |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 23-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Addicott Tonkyn and Edith Tonkyn, of Totton, Hampshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JB684 |
Markings | LQ-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Conde-sur-Aisne Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 4-5. |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 255 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 173599 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1789/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1789/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 22-04-1944 |
End Date | 23-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Gransden Lodge |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Laon- to bomb railway yards. 181 aircraft, 9 losses (5.0%). A two-wave attack that caused much damage to the railway yards. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Conde-sur-Aisne, bursting into flames |