Jeffrey John Downing
Flying Officer · Aus.418648 · 
Australian
- Died
- 10 February 1945, aged 22
- Fate
- Killed in action
Flying Officer Jeffrey John Downing (Aus.418648) of the Australian air forces was killed on active service on 10 February 1945, aged 22. He is commemorated at Cambridge City Cemetery, United Kingdom (Coll. Grave 15755-15757.).
Explore: others commemorated at Cambridge City Cemetery · others who died on 10 February
Crew & operations
Flew as Navigator with No. 460 Squadron.
- Lost on PB812 AR-Y (Avro Lancaster) — Crashed on return
Crew: Anthony Gatward Robinson (Bomb aimer) · Frederick Albert Cecil Nesbit-bell (Flight engineer) · Richard Albert George Miller (Pilot) · Graeme Mark Dockery (Rear gunner) · Rhodric Leslie Pope (Wireless operator)
Flew as Other with No. 460 Squadron.
- Lost on PB812 AR-Y (Avro Lancaster) — Failed to return
Crew: Frederick Albert Cecil Nesbit-bell (Other) · Rhodric Leslie Pope (Other) · Anthony Gatward Robinson (Other) · Richard Albert George Miller (Other) · Graeme Mark Dockery (Other)
Timeline
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10 February 1945
Lost in Avro Lancaster PB812
Navigator -
10 February 1945
Died
aged 22
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Cambridge City Cemetery, United Kingdom
Operations on this date. One raid in this archive was flown on the night of 10 February 1945: Hannover. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)