John Cuthbert Jones
Service number
1837136
Military unit
49 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales.
Date of birth
15 Oct 1912
Date of death
20 Sep 1945 (32 years old)
Place of birth
Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales.
Employment, education or hobbies
Taxi driver.
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
Son of Alexander and Arabella Jones, husband of Eileen Jones of St Denis, Thompson Ave, Newport, Wales.
Military history
Sgt Jones flew 7 operations in the last few weeks of the war as a Flight Engineer. 49 Squadron based at RAF Fulbeck moving to RAF Syerston in April 1945.
Killed returning from leave as a pillion on a motorcycle that skidded on a greasy road and struck a lorry in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Sgt Jones's head struck a curb and he was killed. F/Sgt Albert Swann injured.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
Photo of John Cuthbert Jones
Photo 49 Squadron Association via Marilyn Fisher