Marsden, John Kenneth Guille
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | John Kenneth Guille |
Surname | Marsden |
Gender | M |
Age | 35 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 16-08-1954 |
Next of Kin | Husband of Kathleen Mary Marsden of 33 Fotheringay, Northampton, Northamptonshire |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | English Electric Canberra B2 |
Serial Number | WH873 |
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | All Saint's Churchyard, Wittering, Cambridgeshire |
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Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | Post-War |
Panel Number | POST (not yet erected on site) |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 4016236 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | |
Squadron | 76 |
Trade | Navigator (Observer) |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Behind old Main Guardroom, former Holme On Spalding Moor Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In Remembrance of the aircrew members from the UK,Australia,New Zealand,Canada and Norway,who gave their lives in the cause of freedom in operational sorties against the enemy from 76 Sqn 1941-1945 and to the ground personal who lost their lives by enemy |
Location | All Saints Church, Holme On Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour within Wooden Box with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | S G Window In memory of 76 Sqn R.A.F / Roll of honour In memory of those members of 76 Sqn R.A.F who were killed on active service 1939-1954 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-08-1954 |
End Date | 16-08-1954 |
Takeoff Station | Wittering |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft descended below safety height whilst on approach to land at RAF Wittering, struck trees and crashed in Barnack, Cambridgeshire on edge of Burghley Park |