In Memory Of

CHOMLEY, JOHN ALLISON GEORGE

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 1920-06-06
Service No:
 84668
Rank:
 Pilot Officer
Unit:
 257 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
 1940-08-12
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Hurricane I P3662, failed to return from air operations after a combat with enemy aircraft off Portsmouth. Believed to have crashed into the sea
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 7.
Cemetery:
 RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Surrey
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Maj. George Griffith Ffloyd Chomley and Nancy Chomley, of Bolton, Marandellas, Southern Rhodesia. "One of the few" Battle of Britain pilot. Probably entered the RAF as a direct-entry Airman u/t Pilot in 1939. With his training completed, he was commissioned and arrived at 6 OTU, Sutton Bridge on 8th June 1940 to convert to Hurricanes. On Ruzawi Preparatory School War Memorial, near Marandellas, Rhodesia. On war memorial in Marandellas, Rhodesia. Now known as Marondera, Zimbabwe.