In Memory Of
OWEN, JOHN GRIFFITH
Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
1916-05-16
Service No:
80066
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Unit:
Ferry Command
Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
1943-10-13
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
East. C. 6.
Cemetery:
NASSAU WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Bahamas
Additional Information
Decorations:
D F C
Citations:
LG Sup 7 April 1942 pg. 1557 - "For gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations"
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
