John Bennett Underwood
Service number
122398
Military unit
61 Sqdn Royal Air Force
Address
112, Mayplace Road, Crayford, Kent, England.
Date of birth
15 May 1917
Date of death
31 May 1942 (25 years old)
Place of birth
Banbury, Oxfordshire, England.
Employment, education or hobbies
Engineer Fitter.
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Family history
Son of John Norburn Underwood and Elizabeth Annie Underwood, of Barnehurst, Bexleyheath, Kent.
Military history
Takeoff at 00:40 hrs for participation in the first 1000 bomber raid, target Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was coned by the 3./Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 159 and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak; crashed Niederaussem 21 km WNW of Köln city centre.
F/Sgt John Charles RCAF
F/O Peter Bluett
P/O John Patey RCAF
P/O John Underwood
P/O Benson Usher RNZAF
Sgt Anthony Williamson
F/Sgt Robert Fawkes - All killed.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
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