John Waite Henry
Flying Officer · 136057 · United Kingdom
- Died
- 31 March 1944, aged 28
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Reichswald Forest 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
Navigator, ND492 GT-L — Crashed outbound -
31 March 1944
Died
aged 28
Crew & operations
Flew as Navigator with No. 156 Squadron.
- Operation Nuremberg raid (30 March 1944) — aircraft ND492 GT-L (Avro Lancaster) — Crashed outbound
Crew: Bankole Beresford Vivour (Bomb aimer) · Ronald Thomas Harper (Flight engineer) · Norman Thomson Edmondson (Mid-upper gunner) · L Lindley (Pilot) · Dennis Bertram Bloomfield (Rear gunner) · John Esprey Bates (Wireless operator)
Source: CWGC casualty record: HENRY, JOHN WAITE → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission