John Batten-smith
Pilot Officer · 171042 · United Kingdom
- Died
- 31 March 1944, aged 22
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Durnbach 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
Pilot, DV276 SR-R — Failed to return -
31 March 1944
Died
aged 22
Crew & operations
Flew as Pilot with No. 101 Squadron.
- Operation Nuremberg raid (30 March 1944) — aircraft DV276 SR-R (Avro Lancaster) — Failed to return
Crew: Allan Henry Ross (Bomb aimer) · Robert Armstrong (Flight engineer) · Hugh Fleming McClenaghan (Mid-upper gunner) · Graham Harries Williams (Navigator) · Howard Ernest Beer (Other) · Arthur Haynes (Rear gunner) · Robert Russell Roberts (Wireless operator)
Source: CWGC casualty record: BATTEN-SMITH, JOHN → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission