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Sergeant

Jack Lewis Wallis

Service number 928617
Military unit 61 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address 98 Lymington Ave, Wood Green, Middlesex, England.
Date of birth 17 Jun 1912
Date of death 04 Jun 1942 (29 years old)
Place of birth Wood Green, Middlesex, England.
Employment, education or hobbies

Stockbrokers Clerk

Family history

Son of Charles and Florence Wallis, of Wood Green, Middlesex.

Military history

Lancaster R5627 61 Sqn RAF Syerston Mission to Bremen. Aircraft lost to Bf110 night fighter piloted by Lt Hans Konig 8/NJG3 (KIA 24/5/44) and by Flak of the 8. Flak-Division; crashed southern perimeter of Bad Zwischenahn airfield near Oldenburg.

Returning aircraft reported raid as indifferent but German sources reported damage to U Boat yard, Focke Wulf factory, dock area and pier including damage to warehouses and destroyer Z25. Of 170 aircraft on the raid 11 failed to return.

F/Lt George Beattie
F/O Ronald Archibald
F/Sgt David Lorimer DFM
Sgt Ian Pratt
F/Sgt Maurice Denison - Also killed.

Sgt P Holmes POW No 509 Stalag Luft III - Stalag Luft VI - Stalag 357.

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