In Memory Of

JONES, CECIL FRANK

Service Details
Age:
32
Date of Birth:
1908-11-26
Service No:
89361
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Unit:
58 Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
1941-04-08
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Whitley T4145, target Kiel, Germany, shot down by Oberfeldwebel Paul Gildner (4./NJG1), flying a Messerschmitt Bf 110 night-fighter
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Plot RW. Row Class 2. Joint grave 2.
Cemetery:
GRONINGEN (ESSERVELD) GENERAL CEMETERY
Country:
Netherlands
Additional Information
Son of Thomas Charvet Jones and Emma Jones, of Northern Rhodesia. Educated Umtata High School. It is believed that he worked as a stoker on the Union castle Mail boat to England, before he joined the RAF.