Service Details
Name:
 CHOMLEY
Given Name:
 JOHN ALLISON GEORGE
Initials:
 J A G
Service No:
 84668
Rank:
 Pilot Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
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Unit:
 257 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1940-08-12
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Date of Birth:
 1920-06-06
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Hurricane I P3662, failed to return from air operations after a combat with enemy aircraft off Portsmouth. Believed to have crashed into the sea
Additional
Information:
Son of Maj. George Griffith Ffloyd Chomley and Nancy Chomley, of Bolton, Marandellas, Southern Rhodesia. "One of the few" Battle of Britain pilot. Probably entered the RAF as a direct-entry Airman u/t Pilot in 1939. With his training completed, he was commissioned and arrived at 6 OTU, Sutton Bridge on 8th June 1940 to convert to Hurricanes. On Ruzawi Preparatory School War Memorial, near Marandellas, Rhodesia. On war memorial in Marandellas, Rhodesia. Now known as Marondera, Zimbabwe.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Surrey
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Cemetery:
 RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 7.

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