John Van Liew Flynn
MilitaryImage from collection of Sarah Burwood, Sister-in-Law of John Van Liew Flynn, Uploaded by Museum Manager MHAS Museum Martlesham Heath
Enlisted RCAF, Joined RAF, assigned to 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. Missing from sweep to St.Omer in Spitfire Vb BM206 27-Apr-42 F/O John F Flynn Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Highest Rank: Pilot Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: No 71 'Eagle' Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Washington, DC, USA | 12 February 1913 | Born Son of Bernard J. and Dorothy Van Lien Flynn,of Washington, DC, USA. |
Other E/A Kill |
Dunkirk, France | 19 September 1941 | Claim 1 x Me109 destroyed, Rhubarb mission Dunkirk - Dover. |
Died |
Saint-Omer, France | 27 April 1942 | Missing from sweep to St.Omer in Spitfire Vb BM206 27-Apr-42 P/O John F Flynn Killed in Action (KIA). |
Enlisted |
Canada | Enlisted in RCAF. | |
Other Joined RAF |
England, UK | Joined Royal Air Force. | |
Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | Assigned to 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. | |
Buried |
Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Surrey, UK | Tablets of the missing, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial. Also Memorialised on Eagle Sqn Monument in Grosvenor Square, London. |
Revisions
AAM Database.
Spitfire Production List.
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=14942
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=202&MemI…
AAM Database.
Spitfire Production List.
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=14942
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=202&MemI…
AAM Database.
Spitfire Production List.
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=14942
AAM Database.
Spitfire Production List.
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=14942
Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia