John Edwin Bloomer
Service number
574661
Military unit
635 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death
25 Apr 1944 (21 years old)
Place of birth
Nottingham
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
He was the son of Edwin Thomas Bloomer and Dorothy Bloomer of St Ann's, Nottingham.
Military history
Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery 10 C 22
Lancaster III ND848 took off 2147 24 April 1944 from Downham Market. Crashed at Loon op Zand (Noord-Brabant) 6 km N of Tilburg.
No survivors. Fatalities:
Bloomer (AB), Roy Douglas Hewlett (AG), John William Hoyle (W/O), Joseph Rigby (N), Douglas Tomlin (AG) and Peter Collinson Wilson (F/E).
A Dutch family rescued Bloomer from the wreckage and hid him from the Nazis but he died from his wounds.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
John Edwin Bloomer
Courtesy of Bloomer's grandson Steve Bloomer via St Ann's Well Rd Pre-Demolition (1970)
John Edwin Bloomer's CWGC headstone
Courtesy of Bloomer's grandson Steve Bloomer via St Ann's Well Rd Pre-Demolition (1970)