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Sergeant

John Michael Fulford

Service number 969220
Military unit 150 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address Unknown
Date of birth 08 Dec 1919
Date of death 08 May 1941 (22 years old)
Place of birth Dinnington, Yorkshire.
Employment, education or hobbies

Training as a doctor at Sheffield University and also playing for Sheffield United before enlisting May 1940.

Family history

Son of Horace Frederick and Edith Mary Fulford, of Dinnington, Yorkshire. His brother David Fulford KIA with 611 Sqn Spitfire BR622.

Military history

Wellington R1347 150 Sqn. Take off 22.30 from RAF Newton to bomb U boat pens at St Nazaire. 5 Wellingtons from 103 Sqn and 10 from 150 Sqn at RAF Newton took part. R1347 believed hit by Flak on return crashing near Nantes, with the loss of all crew. An experienced crew that had taken part in raids on Rotterdam, Brest, Keil and Berlin in April 1941 and Koln and Mannheim in May.

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