Gallie, John Kemp Died

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Personal Information

Rank W/C
Forename(s) John Kemp
Surname Gallie
Gender M
Age 50
Decorations OBE, MiD
Date of Death 09-12-1949
Next of Kin Husband of Constance Gallie
GALLIE JK

Aircraft Information

Aircraft
Serial Number
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Memorial Information

Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Houghton & Wyton Cemetery
Epitaph “THEY SERVE GOD WELL WHO SERVE HIS CREATURES.”

IBCC Memorial Information

Phase Post-War
Panel Number POST (not yet erected on site)

Enlistment Information

Service Number 35341
Service Royal Air Force
Squadron Wyton
Country of Origin United Kingdom

Other Memorials

Location RAF Wyton Memorial Garden, Wyton, Cambridgeshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque
Memorial Text Commemorating the Pathfinder Sqns operating from RAF Wyton, 1942-1945

Miscellaneous Information

He was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct medal on 1 January 1936. He was a F/Sgt at the time with NCO service number 122404.
His OBE was promulgated in the London Gazette on 11 June 1942 and his Mention in Despatches in January 1942.
He served in the engineering branch of the R.F.C. and R.A.F. throughout his career. He was born in 1899 and after receiving his general education at the Invergordon Academy, and undergoing a course of instruction at the No. 2 Flight Training School, Digby, he was employed as a machinist in the Royal Dockyard, Invergordon, from 1916 to 1918. In the course of the next twenty years he rose by various stages to the rank of warrant officer engineer and in 1938 was posted to the maintenance unit at Abu Sueir, Egypt, where he was responsible for all technical work. A year later he received a commission as flying officer, engineering branch, and was appointed to the aircraft depot at Aboukir. Later he saw service in South Africa. He returned to Great Britain in 1946, having in the meantime risen to the rank of Wing Commander (credit: Grace's Guide)
Represented Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics, in men’s 50m free pistol event.
Born 26 November 1899. Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.

Last Operation Information

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End Date -
Takeoff Station Wyton
Reason for Aircraft Loss Died suddenly at RAF Wyton Station Hospital.
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IBCC is delighted to introduce a unique facility to link the Losses Database to the relevant RAF Casualty Pack on the National Archives website. This project is the result of on-going collaboration between IBCC, the MOD Records Office and National Archives, Kew. This document describes what Casualty Packs are, when they were created, the process of making them available to the public and then goes on to describe the process by which you can view the contents of the packs. Casualty Packs (CPs) were created by the RAF whenever there was serious injury or loss of life associated with operational activity within the RAF. This includes operational flying losses, enemy action due to air raids, road accidents either on station or even off-station if they involved RAF vehicles. Deaths due to natural causes in service or accidents that did not involve RAF vehicles did not generally give rise to a CP.

CPs were originally given a unique reference number by the RAF. Each begins with the letter ‘P’ and is followed by six digits, then an oblique (forward slash) and the finally the year in which the incident took place- for example P396154/42.

The CPs are in the process of being made available to the general public as they are passed from the MOD Records Office, Portsmouth to National Archives, Kew. This process requires some rework to the files which is very time consuming, so the process of making them all available to National Archives will take several years. They are being made available in increasing date order.

Once CPs arrive at National Archives they are assigned a unique AIR81 number, so each CP has both a P-number and an AIR81 number. Both are searchable on the National Archives website under ‘Search the catalogue’ and both are included on the IBCC website.

The AIR81 reference on the IBCC website is a link to the file on the National Archives website. When you click on it, the relevant page will open in a new tab on your browser.

There is currently no plan to digitise AIR81 files, partly because they are fragile and partly because the information they contain can at times be sensitive, even harrowing, since they may contain exhumation reports and even photographs of corpses. Family members wishing to read the AIR81 files relating to their ancestors are advised to exercise caution and be guided by National Archives warnings where appropriate.

There are two means for accessing AIR81 files- to attend in person or to order a copy by post.

To attend in person, the attendee should first create a Reader’s Ticket. This can be done online by following this link: https://secure.nationalarchives.gov.uk/login/yourdetails. Then click on the AIR81 reference on the IBCC website and click Order in Advance. Enter your Reader’s Ticket number and state the date on which you intend to visit. National Archives will have the file ready for you when you arrive, saving you time. When you visit Kew, you must quote the Reader’s Ticket number and take along two forms of ID- one bearing your signature and one bearing your address. When you view the files, you are permitted to take photographs of each page, should you wish.

Alternatively, if you wish to order a copy by post, please be aware that there is a charge for this service based on the number of pages in the file. Click on the AIR81 reference on the IBCC website and then click Request a Copy. There is an £8.40 charge for National Archives staff to access the file and give you a quotation for the copying service. The process takes around 24 days to complete and can be expensive.

IBCC wishes to thank the staff at the MOD Records Office and National Archives for their engagement and assistance in making this facility available to our website users.