Service Details
Name:
 OWEN
Given Name:
 JOHN GRIFFITH
Initials:
 J G
Service No:
 80066
Rank:
 Flight Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 Ferry Command
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Date of Death:
 1943-10-13
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Date of Birth:
 1916-05-16
Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Marauder II FB454, training flight with a crew comprised of four pilots, when his aircraft caught fire and crashed into the sea, one mile west of Windsor Field, Nassau, Bahamas
Decorations:
 D F C
Citations:
 LG Sup 7 April 1942 pg. 1557 - "For gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations"
Additional
Information:
Son of David Griffith and Olive Eveline Owen, of Winklespruit, Natal, South Africa. Born Ladysmith, Natal. Educated Ladysmith High School. A gold miner at Wanderer Mine, Sukwe, Rhodesia
Commemoration
Country:
 Bahamas
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Cemetery:
 NASSAU WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 East. C. 6.

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