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#Name*First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See NoteAircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
2051 JasperJ WSergeantRNZAFBomber Command9Sqn
1942-04-22WellingtonIIIX3759WS-Honington2220KolnCrashed at Sapiston SUFFOLKKilledHonington (All Saints)
2052 JayWalter EdwardFlight LieutenantNZ/425397Age 20New ZealandPilotRNZAFMiddle East Air Command614Sqn1945-06-25MosquitoB.25KB531RAU-?Amendola, Italy1202Delivery flightSee archive report for further detailsMissing - believed killedMalta Memorial. Panel 19

Born on the 02nd December 1924 at Auckland. Prior to service worked as an apprentice carpenter working for his father. Enlisted in the RNZAF on the 29th May 1942. Son of Thomas Charles and Mildred Beatrice Jay (née Jones), of Whangarei, Auckland, New Zealand. Previously served in 37 squadron where he completed 14 ops, and 8 ops with 104 squadron. 583 flying hours logged with 50 on the Mosquito. Completed a total of 22 operational sorties.

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2053 JeffaresChristopher Charles WilliamWarrant OfficerNZ/4216543Age 25New ZealandAir GunnerRNZAFFar East1Sqn (RNZAF)
1945-06-10VenturaPV-INZ4613-RNZAF Emirau, St Matthias Group, Bismarck Archipelago07:20Air strike / leaflet dropSee archive report for details.KilledBourail New Zealand War Cemetery. Grave 5.36Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery

Born at Stratford on the 21st March 1920. Educated at Stratford Technical High School

Son of Benjamin (died 10th September 1964, age 70) and Ruth Amy Jeffares (died 22nd January 1983, age 82), of 2 Pembrake Street, Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand.

2054 JelleyE APilot OfficerBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1940-09-29WellingtonIcR3168AA-Mildenhall1930LeipzigCrashed near Sidmouth Somerset Killed
2055 JenkinR FFlying OfficerRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-12-16StirlingIIIEF163JN-LMepal1700GardeningCrashed at Sutton CambsKilledCambridge City Cemetery
2056 JenkinBryant Leonard McKenzieSergeant4128851918New ZealanderWireless Operator/Air GunnerRNZAFBomber Command207Sqn
1942-11-25LancasterIR5694EM-FLangar1500Bad ZwischenahnIt is unclear what happened, but it is thought that the a/c hit high ground on its return flight, at 1810 hrs six miles SE of Grantham near Easton in Lincolnshire. Upon crashing, the a/c burst into flames killing seven of the crewmen with Sgt Lee dying the following dayKilledBottesford (St Mary) Churchyard During the WW2 Bad Zwischenahn was home to the largest Luftwaffe airbase in northern Germany, with first the Erprobungskommando 16 service-test unit, then JG400 each in their turn operating the Me 163 Komet rocket fighter from the base. The airbase was heavily bombed. After the war the airbase was converted to a golf course

Son of Robert John and Phyllis Constance Annie Jenkin. of Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand
2057 JenkinsB DFlight SergeantRNZAFBomber Command7Sqn
1945-01-05LancasterIII PB526MG-NOakington1628HannoverCrashed near Bad ZwischenahnKilledSage War Cemetery
2058 JenkinsFrederick Francis ArthurFlight SergeantNZ/429888Age 30New ZealandAir GunnerRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1944-07-28LancasterIIIND756AA-MRAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire2200StuttgartSee Archive report for further detailsKilledMillery Communal Cemetery. Grave 3 Burial Site

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Attacker Operational Record

Born on the 20th February 1914, the son of Frederick Charles Jenkins and of Marie Jenkins, (née Ashley), of Okato, Taranaki, New Zealand and husband of Joan Jenkins, of New Plymouth, Taranaki. A total of 162 flying hours logged and understood to be on his 3rd operation.

2059 JenkinsE RWarrant OfficerNZ405780RNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-04-28StirlingIIIBF467AA-WNewmarket2038GardeningCrashed in Baltic off MakshovKilledSvino Denmark
2060 JenkinsAllen PhillPilot OfficerNZ/413078Born on the 17th August 1916New ZealandPilotRNZAFBomber Command114Sqn1944-05-21BostonIIIABZ365RT-JFoggia No. 1, Celone, Italy2125Armed RecceSee archive report for further brief detailsKilledCassino War Cemetery Coll. grave III. A. 12-14.

Courtesy Jenifer Lemaire

Son of Philip Mexted Jenkins and Myrtle Harriett Beatrice Jenkins (née Munden), of Wellington, New Zealand. Worked for Radio Corporation as an engineer/foreman prior to enlisting on the 25th May 1941.
2061 JenkisonJames ElliotFlight Lieutenantt41141027th December 1918 in Motueka, TasmanNew ZealanderPilot (Captain)RNZAFCoastal Command224Sqn
1944.06.11LiberatorGR.V BZ940BZ:SRAF St. Eval, Cornwall01:05Anti-Submarine patrolSee Archive report for detailsMiARunnymede Memorial Panel 262
2062 JennerAlbert JohnFlight SergeantNZ/41334Age 26New ZealandPilotRNZAFMiddle East 231 Wing, 205 Group37Sqn
1943-02-20WellingtonICHF847LF-?Gardabia East, Libya2030Palermo, SicilySee Archive report for further detailsMissing - believed killedAlamein Memorial. Column 278

Courtesy AWMM


Born on the 05th May 1916 at Auckland. Worked as a steel metal worker for Hardy's Ltd at Newmarket prior to service. Enlisted at Levin on the 19th January 1941. Son of Frank Louis and Cora Jenner (née Gemming) and husband of Alma Joyce Jenner (née Clark later Harper), of Ellerslie, Auckland, New Zealand.
2063 JennerKenneth SydneySergeantNZ/40647New ZealandPilotRNZAFBomber Command40Sqn
1941-04-17WellingtonIcR1331BL-RRAF Alconbury, Cambridgeshire2045BerlinSee archive report for further brief detailsNone - survived the warPassed away 24th February 2013
2064 JenningsG SSergeantRNZAFBomber Command101Sqn
1942-09-04WellingtonIIIBJ891SR-StradishallBremen?KilledRunnymede
2065 JenningsP SFlight LieutenantRNZAFBomber Command171Sqn
1945-04-16Halifax IIILK8746Y-CN Creake2339BSCollided with last and crashed at MurlenbachKilledRheinberg War Cemetery
2066 JenningsHSergeantBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-08-27StirlingIIIEE955AA-DMepal2130NurnbergCrashed SchwarzenauKilledDurnbach War Cemetery
2067 JessonWilfred GeorgeSergeant 2nd Pilot401388RNZAFBomber Command9Sqn
1941-07-07WellingtonIcR1040WS-Honington2340KolnShot down by Reinhold Knacke of 2./NJG1 and crashed near MaastrichtKilledJonkerbos War Cemetery. Grave ref. 20.B.5Read Archive Report
2068 JillettGordon GrantSergeantNZ/40233Age 23New ZealandPilotRNZAFBomber Command218Sqn
1941-06-20WellingtonIcR1339HA-JRAF Marham, Norfolk2220KielSee archive report for further brief detailsMissing - believed killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel 64

Courtesy AWMM

Son of John Robert and Dinah Maud Jillett, of New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.
2069 JoblinGeorge RussellFlight LieutenantNZ/424982Pilot DFC

RNZAFBomber Command630Sqn
1944-07-28LancasterIIIND797LE-WRAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire2153Stuttgart See archive report for full details KilledDurnbach War Cemetery. Collective grave 8.D. 24-25 Read Archive Report
2070 JoblinF J LSergeantNZ417603Bomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-05-23StirlingIIIBK783AA-QNewmarket2315DortmundCrashed SSW Culemborg HollandKilledBeesd General Cemetery
2071 JobsonG TSergeantBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1942-11-28StirlingIBF339AA-DTrainingCrashed near OakingtonKilled
2072 JobsonGeorge TruemanSergeant12879351922Bomb AimerRAFVRBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1942-11-18StirlingIBF399AA-ONewmarketTrainingCrashed at 2229 hrs at Trinity Farm on Cambridge Road, near RAF Oakington. The aircraft stalled while trying to avoid a head on collision with another StirlingKilledChevington Cemetery Section G Grave 21Son of John and Mary Edith Jobson, of South Broomhill
2073 JohnasonK CSergeantRNZAFBomber Command50Sqn
1943-02-04LancasterIIIED527VN-BSkellingthorpe1825TorinoCrashed in MoroccoKilledLe Petit Algeria
2074 JohnsK WFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command487Sqn RNZAF
1943-01-22VenturaIIAE899EG-OFeltwell1215CherbourgCrashed in English ChannelDied of woundsFeltwell {St Nicholas}Paradie Archive Database
2075 JohnsA GFlight SergeantRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1942-07-28WellingtonIIIZ1570AA-FeltwellHamburg?KilledReichswald Forest War Cemetery
2076 JohnsK F FSergeantNZ42298RNZAFBomber Command90Sqn
1943-05-29StirlingIEF397WP-KRidgewell2310WuppertalCrashed N of Stradishall SUFFOLKKilledHaverhill
2077 JohnsonMFlying OfficerNew ZealandPilotRNZAFBomber Command106Sqn
1945-07-17LancasterIIIND616ZN-JRAF Metheringham1139TrainingOvershot at MetheringhamSurvivedNone - further details required Details enhanced John Jones September 2018
2078 JohnsonIan SinclairFlying Officer415300New ZealandPilotRNZAFBomber Command429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF
1943-01-21WellingtonIIIBK432AL:SRAF East Moor, North Yorkshire16:56GardeningSee archive report for further brief detailsKilledTerschelling (West-Terschelling) General Cemetery. Grave 92
2079 JohnsonKenneth JamesSergeant414986New ZealandPilotRNZAFBomber Command44Sqn
1943-03-29LancasterIW4199KM:HRAF WaddingtonBerlinCrashed at Strausberg , 33 km ENE of BerlinKiABerlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, 7.E.18Son of James Freeman Johnson and of Isabel Josephine Johnson (nee Lyall), of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand.
2080 JohnsonK JSergeantRNZAFBomber Command44Sqn
1943-02-28LancasterIW4137KM-LWaddington1844St NazaireCrash landed at base on return
2081 JohnsonEric William PeterSergeant413423New ZealanderPilotRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1942-09-08WellingtonIIIBJ596AA-MildenhallFrankfurtHit by flak in the target area causing catastrophic damage. The crew was forced to abandon the burning a/c and all successfully reached the ground, only to be taken prisonerPoW No. 27040 Dulag Luft/Stalag 8B Teschen Stalag 344 Lamsdorf/Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria

Courtesy Weekly News of New Zealand

Promoted to WO whilst interned. Returned to UK 14 Apr 1945

Passed away 06th May 1958 Age 42

2082 JohnsonA ASergeantRNZAFBomber Command97Sqn (Straits Settlements)
1942-12-06LancasterIW4356OF-TrainingCrashed near Kirkbride Cumberland
2083 JohnsonA AFlight SergeantDFC

RNZAFBomber Command97Sqn (Straits Settlements)
1943-11-18LancasterIIIJB367OF-SBourn1730BerlinAbandoned vicinity BommershovenKilledHeverlee War Cemetery Belgium
2084 JohnsonSamuel GrahamPilot OfficerNZ/416502PilotDFC

RNZAFBomber Command1653 Heavy Conversion Unit1944-01-20StirlingIIILJ455H4-CRAF ChedburghTraining exerciseSee archive report for further detailsKilledCambridge City Cemetery. Grave 13953ARead Archive Report
2085 JohnsonHenry PeterSergeant NZ/41481Age 24New ZealandPilotRNZAFBomber Command149Sqn (East India)
1942-08-16Stirling IR9299Not knownRAF Lakenheath, Suffolk1635TrainingSee archive report for further detailsKilled Beck Row Churchyard (St. John). Row B. Grave 8

Born on the 19th January 1918, the son of Henry Peter Johnson and of Ellen Isabella Johnson (née Craig), of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. A total of 297 flying hours logged with 160 hours solo and 23 on this aircraft type.
2086 JohnsonGerald BruceSergeantNZ/391859Born on the 04th September 1919 Age 21New ZealanderAir GunnerRNZAFFighter Command23Sqn1941-05-28HavocIBB893YP-?RAF Ford, West SussexTraining See archive report for further details KilledClymping Churchyard (St. Mary) Read Archive Report
2087 JohnsonJFlying OfficerBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1944-10-21LancasterIHK596AA-OMepal1112WalcherenCrashed target areaKilled
2088 JohnsonJ EPilot OfficerBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1941-09-06WellingtonIcX9767AA-SFeltwellHulsCrashed near Borculo HollandKilledBorculo General
2089 JohnsonR V CSergeantBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-08-30StirlingIIIEH938AA-FMepal.0019.MonchengladbachCrashed Lommel BelgiumEvader
2090 JohnsonEdward OwenWarrant OfficerNZ/40445Age 27New ZealandPilotRNZAFBomber Command19 Operational Training Unit. 91 Group1942-07-08WhitleyVL7077UO-MRAF Kinloss, Morayshire2315TrainingLost without traceMissing - believed killedRunnymede Memorial Panel 117

Born on the 12th April 1915 in London, England. Motor mechanic for G.K. Matheson Ltd. prior to service. Enlisted for pilot training on 24th November 1940. Emigrated to Australia in 1924 and the to New Zealand in 1939. Son of Ernest and Margaret Johnson (née Philip) of Auckland and husband of Mavis Hannah (née Sherman) of Whangarei, New Zealand. 380 Flying hours logged with 125 solo with 36 of these on the Whitley. He had completed 3 operational sorties.
2091 JohnsonRoderick AlbertFlight SergeantNZ/414985Age 20New ZealandPilotRNZAFFighter Command145Sqn
1943-10-06SpitfireLF.VIIIJF770ZX-?Tortorella, Foggia No. 2, Italy555Armed ReconnaissanceSee archive report for further brief detailsKilledSangro River War Cemetery. XVI. C. 41
Courtesy Auckland Library Heritage Collection

Born on the 09th January 1923 at Napier. An apprentice cabinet maker for A. Hannah and S. Taylor of Napier prior to service. Enlisted on the 24th April 1942 at Levin. Awarded his pilots badge and promoted to sergeant on the 06th September 1941. Son of Albert and Mary May Johnson (née Paterson) of Westshore, Napier, New Zealand. 378 flying hours logged and on his 32 operational sortie.
2092 JohnsonLeonard HoraceWarrant OfficerNZ/42408Age 22New ZealanderPilotRNZAFAllied Expeditionary Airforce3 Tactical Exercise Unit1944-07-05TyphoonIBMN127-RAF Honiley, Warwickshire920TrainingSee archive report for further brief detailsKilledOxford Cemetery (Botley). Plot 1/2. Grave 242

Courtesy Jenifer Lemaire

Born on the 04th July 1922 at Palmerston North. Worked as an exchange clerk for the Post and Telecommunications Department prior to service. Enlisted in the RNZAF at Levin on the 11th January 1942. Awarded his pilots licence and promoted to sergeant on the 17th October 1942. Son of Horace William and Florence Eveline Johnson (née Cottrell), of Palmerston North, Wellington, New Zealand. 713 hours logged with the majority on the Hurricane.
2093 JohnsonWilliam WalkerLeading AircraftmanNZ/411034Age 29New ZealandPilotRNZAFTraining Command2 Service Flying Training School

(ATS)

1942-12-18HarvardIINZ949-RNZAF Woodbourne, New Zealand1335TrainingSee archive report for further detailsMissing - believed killedProvincial Memorial, Auckland
Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand

Born on the 19th November 1913 in Leeds, England. Educated at Cockburn High School, Leeds. Moved to New Zealand in May 1939. A journalist for Bay of Plenty Times in Tauranga. Enlisted at Hobsonville as an aircraft hand on the 11th February 1941. Re-mustered as a pilot under training 29th September 1941. With No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School 08th November 1941. Sick leave from 25th November - 06th January 1942. With No. 1 Service Flying Training School 04th April 1942. Training delayed, illness? With No 2 Service Flying Training School 05th September 1942. Pilot badge awarded 0n the 30th November 1942

Son of Harry (died 1956, age 65) and Ethel Johnson (née Webster - died 1970, age 75) of Leeds, Yorkshire, England.

2094 JohnsonIvan RussellPilot OfficerNZ/4217035Age 21New ZealandPilotRNZAFFar East4 Squadron
(RNZAF)
1944-08-20Hudson IIIANZ2066-RNZAF Nausori, Viti Levu, Fiji06:10Transit FlightSee Archive report for detailsMissing - believed killedBourail Memorial. Panel 5

Courtesy New Zealand Cenotaph

Born on the 07th August 1923 in Auckland. Son of Olive Benson Johnson and of Ella May Johnson (née Belsham), of 12 Dryden Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand.
2095 Johnson-BarrettSergeantBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1940-10-21WellingtonIcR3158AA-MildenhallEindhovenCrash landed Manston Kent.
2096 JohnstonJFlying OfficerNZ416198RNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-05-12StirlingIIIBK721AA-ZNewmarket.0037.DuisburgCrashed on take offKilledNewmarket
2097 JohnstonP S DSergeantBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1941-09-06WellingtonIcX9767AA-SFeltwellHulsCrashed near Borculo HollandKilledBorculo General
2098 JohnstoneD SFlying OfficerRNZAFBomber Command138Sqn (Special)
1944-06-07HalifaxVLL306NF-ETempsfordSISCrashed at Veauville-les-Baons {Seine-Maritime}KilledVeauville-les-Baons Churchyard
2099 JohnstoneGeorge AlexanderSergeant929204ObserverRNZAFBomber Command149 Sqn
1941-06-11WellingtonIcW5439OJ:XMildenhall23:43DusseldorfSee Archive report for detailsPoW No: 222428, Stalag 4b
2100 JohnstoneR NFlight LieutenantRNZAFBomber Command149Sqn (East India)
1944-02-25StirlingIIIEF308OJ-RLakenheath1944GardeningKilledRunnymede

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