John Arthur Woodroffe
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Son of William Albert and Ada Woodroffe, moved to Newark by the time the CWGC register was collated, origanally from Burton Upon Trent.
Hampden AT124 18.03 take off from Scampton mission, gardening off the Frisian Islands area 'Nectarine' lost without trace. No 5 Group dispatched 37 Hampdens and 12 Manchester’s to plant mines off the Frisians. The 14 aircraft dispatched by 49 Squadron carried out their duties with mixed success. From the minelaying force, 1 Hampden and 1
Manchester failed to return.
F/O Gordon Jenkins
P/O James Clough
Sgt John Steele
Sgt John Woodroffe - All missing.
William and Ada lost their eldest son Sigmn William Woodroffe, Royal Corp of Signals, 1 HQ Sigs, 14/8/1941. Sigmn Woodroffe of The Old Bothy, Kings Standing, a driver with the RCOS, died at West London hospital from Meningitis caused by Mastioditis.
Photo of John Arthur Woodroffe
Photo of John Arthur Woodroffe