DAMBUSTERS Powell, John Leonard

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Powell ​

• FORENAME

John Leonard ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Squadron Leader ​

• NUMBER

103039 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

16th April 1945 ​

• AGE

29 ​

• GRAVESITE

Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poland Coll.grave 5.B.1-5 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

son of David Albert and Elizabeth Powell, Rhos, Glamorgan​

educated Pontardwe Secondary School​

award DFC​

pilot​

Lancaster NG228​

Swinemunde, Germany (battleship Lutzow)​

hit by flak and crashed in target area​

originally buried Caseburg Friedhof, Swinemunde​

re-interred 2.3.1949 ​

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