Walton, John Richard Vincent
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | John Richard Vincent |
Surname | Walton |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 19-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of John and Anne Walton, of Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LW722 |
Markings | C8-S |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Grandcourt War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | E, 14. |
Epitaph | HIS LOVING WAYS AND THE FRAGRANCE OF HIS CHARACTER WILL LIVE WITH US ALWAYS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 259 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1454058 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 640 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
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 27/2216/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2157/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 18-04-1944 |
End Date | 19-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Leconfield |
Day/Night Raid | Night (20% moon) |
Operation | Tergnier- to bomb railway yards. 171 aircraft, 6 Halifax losses. A large number of railway lines were blocked but most of the bombs fell on residential areas. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak north of Dieppe on homeward leg |