Service Details
Name:
 MACMAHON
Given Name:
 JOHN MACINTYRE
Initials:
 J M
Service No:
 778645
Trade:
 Obs.
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 44 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-08-01
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Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lancaster L7537, took off from RAF Waddington on evening of 31 July 1942, crashed near Monchengladbach on mission to attack Dusseldorf
Additional
Information:
Came to Ceylon in 1935 and was planting on Clodagh Estate, Matale. Member of the C.P.R.C. and played rugger for Kandy and was Honorary Secretary of the Matale PA. He left Ceylon in October 1939 and joined the Air Force in South Africa. He was married and had one child. RAF Number: Enlistments in Rhodesia
Commemoration
Country:
 Germany
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Locality:
 Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfal
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Cemetery:
 RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 2. A. 16.

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