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Sergeant

John Joseph Davenport

Service number R/62265
Military unit 408 Sqdn Royal Canadian Air Force
Address Govan, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date of birth 13 Jun 1920
Date of death 13 Apr 1942 (21 years old)
Place of birth Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Employment, education or hobbies

Clerk - Royal Bank of Canada.

Family history

Son of Michael John and Marie Crawley Davenport, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Military history

12/13 April 1942 Hampden AT120 408 Sqn Took off from RAF Balderton to bomb Essen, last heard on W/T by Heston at 04:20 believed to have ditched with the loss of the crew. 2 carrier pigeons from the aircraft arrived at lofts with coordinates but the life raft was swamped before rescue.
F/Sgt William Meech RCAF - Body washed ashore 2/5/1942, Ramsgate area.
F/Sgt John Davenport RCAF - Washed ashore, 30/4/1942 buried Aylesham Cemetery, Kent.

F/Sgt George Lantz RCAF
F/Sgt Gordon Wilkie RCAF - Both missing.

Extra information

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