J S Hoskins
Flight Sergeant · 
United Kingdom
- Died
- 1 January 1945
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Flight Sergeant J S Hoskins served as the bomb aimer of Lancaster ME321 with No. 75 Squadron, Royal Air Force. On 1 January 1945 the aircraft was lost on the raid on Vohwinkel. He was killed in action. He is commemorated at Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom.
Last updated 13 June 2026.
Crew & operations
Flew as Bomb aimer with No. 75 Squadron (New Zealand).
- Operation (1 January 1945) — aircraft ME321 AA-N (Avro Lancaster) — Failed to return
Crew: H Sansome (Flight engineer) · M Brennan (Mid-upper gunner) · Richard Justin Aitchison (Navigator) · E J Newton (Pilot) · L J Cooke (Rear gunner) · V J Clark (Wireless operator)
Timeline
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1 January 1945
Flew Operation
Bomb aimer, ME321 AA-N — Failed to return - 1 January 1945 Died
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom
Operations on this date. 6 raids in this archive were flown on the night of 1 January 1945: Dortmund · Vohwinkel · Gravenhorst · Hanau · Railway Tunnels · Dortmund–ems Canal. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)