John Howarth
Flying Officer · 50972 · United Kingdom
- Died
- 31 March 1944, aged 23
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Hanover War Cemetery, Germany
Operations on this date. One raid in this archive was flown on the night of 31 March 1944: Operation Nuremberg raid. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Timeline
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30 March 1944
Flew Operation Nuremberg raid
Mid-upper gunner, ND361 AR-? — Failed to return -
31 March 1944
Died
aged 23
Crew & operations
Flew as Mid-upper gunner with No. 460 Squadron.
- Operation Nuremberg raid (30 March 1944) — aircraft ND361 AR-? (Avro Lancaster) — Failed to return
Crew: Jack Hamilton Thomson (Bomb aimer) · Kenneth Edwin Green (Flight engineer) · Ronald James McCleery (Navigator) · Eric Arthur Gibson Utz (Pilot) · Arthur George Jackson Chadwick-bates (Rear gunner) · Tom Dawson (Wireless operator)
Source: CWGC casualty record: HOWARTH, JOHN → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission