John Stanley Kenneth H Towsey
In 1939, he was a commercial traveller. He was a scoutmaster 84th (St Michael's, Nottingham) troop.
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He was the son of CF Towsey and KG Thompson and the brother of Kenneth and Ralph Towsey who were both also pilots. They lived at 2, Larkdale Street, Forest Road West, Radford, Nottingham. He was the husband of Catherine Towsey, of Cefn Cribbwr, Glamorgan.
Mosquito PR.XVI NS504
Towsey was the pilot. His navigator Richard John Kingham was also killed.
Towsey and Kingham were carrying out a routine reconnaissance patrol over an area of France near the confluence of the Rhone and Saone Rivers and the Loire Valley. The fate of Towsey and Kingham is not clear from 544 Sqdn's ORB (TNA Air 27/2028/46 August 1944 Record of Events) which notes tersely 'Up 9.00. Objective: Job 11. Orleans.-SMNS. Job 976. Lyon-Tours. Job 955. Orleans-Lyon. Result: A/C failed to return.'
No. 544 Squadron RAF was a World War II Royal Air Force photographic reconnaissance squadron formed on October 19, 1942.
Initially split into two distinct operational components.B Flight: Based in Gibraltar, equipped with Spitfires to cover North Africa, support Operation Torch, and monitor Fascist Spanish airfields. This flight later transferred out in October 1943.
A Flight: Based at RAF Benson, initially experimenting with night photography using Wellington bombers before transitioning to high-altitude de Havilland Mosquitos.Main Aircraft Flown: Ansons, Wellington bombers, Spitfires, and de Havilland Mosquitos (such as PR Mk IX and PR Mk XVI variants) (Wikipedia)
John Stanley Kenneth H Towsey
Nottingham Evening Post 6/12/1944