John William Briers
He was a shoe repairer.
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He was the son of Harry Woodforde Briers and Edith Maud Briers. In 1939, he was lodging at 6, Sutton Passeys Crescent, Wollaton Park, Nottingham. John William Briers and Edith Mary Brocklebank were married at Nottingham during the summer of 1940.
Lancaster I NN705 took off 2032 25 Aug 1944 from Ludford Magna on ABC duties. Those killed are buried in the Choloy War Cemetery France. 1 survivor: I Moore who became an Evader. (avoided capture). 8 Fatalities: Briers (FE) +John Macdonald Reid (AB), William Ross (P), Joseph Peter Rowley (WOp), Eric Schofield (N), Malcolm Joseph Steel (P), and Harry Twells (AG).
In October 1943, the airborne VHF communications jammer known as ABC (Airborne Cigar) was used on operations against Stuttgart. 101 Sqdn’s ABC-equipped Lancaster provided a crucial offensive electronic warfare capability to Bomber Command during strategic bombing operations. 101 Sqdn was directed by HQ to have 10 ABC aircraft available on each day bombing operations were to take place.
From early October 1944, 101 Squadron flew Lancaster’s equipped with Airborne Cigar (ABC), the only squadron to perform this duty. This resulted in the squadron being dispatched for raids when the rest of the Group’s squadron’s were resting. With an extra German speaking crew member, the squadron’s aircraft mixed with the bomber stream and jammed German night-fighter communications. In addition to the ABC equipment the squadron’s aircraft also carried a normal bomb load and bombed alongside the regular force bombers.
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