In Memory Of

MACMAHON, JOHN MACINTYRE

Service Details
Age:
 26
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 778645
Rank:
 Sergeant
Unit:
 44 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1942-08-01
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 2. A. 16.
Cemetery:
 RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfal
Country:
 Germany
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