In Memory Of
FALKSON, JACK
Service Details
Age:
26
Date of Birth:
1914-05-01
Service No:
41688
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Unit:
263 Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
1940-06-08
Cause of Death:
Lost in H.M.S. Glorious, Falkson took part in the successful evacuation of fighters from Narvik on 8 June 1940 when he and nine other pilots from 263 Squadron landed their Gladiators aboard HMS Glorious. However this successful evacuation was to no avail when the carrier was sunk by the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau later in the day with the loss of almost all aboard
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 8.
Cemetery:
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Surrey
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Ahron and Elizabeth Falkson, of Durban North, Natal, South Africa. Born Durban. Credited with 1 shared biplane victory. ***Jewish
