COLLUMBELL John C

  • First Name(s):
    John 
    C 
  • Surname:
    COLLUMBELL
  • Service Number:
    1186865
  • Rank:

    Sergeant/Wireless Operator/Air Gunner

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Air Force
  • Air Force:
    Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
  • Air Force Unit:
    149 Squadron
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    17th September 1942
  • Age At Death:
    27
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Gosselies Communal Cemetery, Belgium, Row 1. Grave 30.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Ernest and Alice Collumbell, of Birmingham; husband of Phyllis Gertrude Collumbell of Quinton, Birmingham

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

COLLUMBELL John C Is Named On These Memorials

Hanley Castle Grammar School now Hanley Castle High School WW2 Memorial

Further Information About COLLUMBELL John C

Short Stirling I, No.R9164, Code OJ-Q, took off from RAF Lakenheath at 20.47 hrs for a raid on Essen on 16th September 1942.  The aircraft was shot down by a Luftwaffe nightfighter of I/NJG4, flown by Ofw Reinhard Kollak and crashed at 03.33 hrs at Tongruine (Namur), about 7 km south-west of Gembloux, Belgium. The crew were F/S M.J. Kynaston, Sgt E.D. Booty, Sgt W. Walker, Sgt J. Collumbell, Sgt A.C. Rault and Sgt R.A. Russell.

Source: ‘Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War – 1942’ by W R Chorley.

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