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Sergeant

John Johnstone

Service number 998695
Military unit 408 (RCAF) Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Date of birth
Date of death 15 Apr 1942 (21 years old)
Place of birth Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Employment, education or hobbies Unknown
Family history

Son of John and Margaret Johnstone, of Kilwinning, Ayrshire.

Military history

14/15 April 1942 Hampden AT141 408 Sqn Take off RAF Balderton , coned by searchlights and hit by heavy Flak, crashed at Eichlinghofen at 22:03 on 14 April during a mission to Dortmund with the loss of its crew. 208 aircraft - 142 Wellingtons, 34 Hampdens, 20 Stirlings, 8 Halifaxes, and 4 Manchesters - a force which was several times greater than any previously sent to this city. 5 Wellingtons and 4 Hampdens lost. 132 aircraft claimed to have bombed Dortmund but bombing photographs showed that bombs fell across a 40-mile stretch of the Ruhr. Dortmund reports 1 unspecified industrial building destroyed, 1 military establishment severely damaged, 4 dwelling-houses destroyed and 31 damaged with 4 people killed and 27 injured.

Sgt Archibald McClintock RCAF
F/Sgt Joseph Boisvert RCAF
Sgt John Johnstone
F/Sgt Francis Hagel RCAF

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