In Memory Of

FRIENDLY, JOCELYN

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 581211
Rank:
 Warrant Officer
Unit:
 139 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
 1943-05-21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Mosquito DZ464, took off Marham, Orleans to attack a railway target, lost over the target area
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 H. 16.
Cemetery:
 DIEPPE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, HAUTOT-SUR-MER
Localitly:
 Seine-Maritime
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Decorations:
 D F M, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 DFM LG Sup 22 October 1940 pg. 6137 - "For gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations", MID LG Sup 1 January 1941 pg. 38
Son of Salomon and Elma T. A. Friendly, of Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa. The 139th (Jamaica) Squadron, a bomber squadron equipped with De Havilland Mosquito, carried out low-level raids over occupied territories and Germany. Jocelyn Friendly was navigator and the 139th Squadron was based at Marham. ***Jewish