John Lewis Kirk
Service number
755374
Military unit
150 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
685 Oxford Road, Reading.
Date of birth
Date of death
21 Mar 1941 (27 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
Rover Scout with 1st Reading Group.
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
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Family history
Son of Lewis Kirk, M.M., M.S.M., and Esther Margaret Kirk, of Reading, husband to Esther Margaret Kirk, of Reading.
Military history
Wellington R3288 150 Sqn. Take off from RAF Newton to bomb U-boat base at Lorient, on return to RAF Newton became lost and crashed into the northern slopes of Moel Farlwyd, Snowdonia when emerging from cloud. Rear turret broke free on impact and gunner Peter Martlew survived. All others on board killed instantly.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
Photo of John Lewis Kirk