John Charles Greenfield
Service number
68772
Military unit
10 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
Villa Real Farm, Edwinstowe
Date of birth
17 Jul 1920
Date of death
12 Sep 1941 (21 years old)
Place of birth
Edwinstowe
Employment, education or hobbies
Attended Queen Elizabeth School between 1928 and 1934.
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
John was the son of Charles and Pauline Hilda Greenfield and he was brought up on his family's farm.
Military history
IBCC: Armstrong Whitworth Whitely V
Serial No P 5109 Marking ZA
They took off from Leeming for an operation over Warnemunde, near Rostock on the Baltic Sea. Warnemunde was the site of Heinkle and Arado Flugzeligwerke aircraft factories.
They were last heard of by wireless transmission indicating they were to ditch some 80 miles of the east coast.
Extra information
John has no grave and is remembered on the R.A.F memorial at Runnymede, panel 32.
Photographs
No photos