1008481 Sergeant Jack BUCKLEY, 61 Squadron. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve: 26/03/1942

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  1. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Remembering Today

    Casualty
    Sergeant (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) BUCKLEY, JACK
    Service Number 1008481
    Died 26/03/1942
    Aged 22
    61 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    Son of John Albert and Mary Elizabeth Buckley, of Rochdale, Lancashire.
    INSCRIPTION: BEHIND THE SMILES THERE'S MANY A TEAR FOR THE ONE WE LOST AND LOVED SO DEAR
    Buried at REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
    Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
    Number of casualties: 7500
    Cemetery/memorial reference: Coll. grave 22. F. 1-5.
     
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  2. harkness

    harkness Well-Known Member

    1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION
    13 Whitby Street, Rochdale C.B., Lancashire
    NAME DOB OCCUPATION
    John A Buckley 03 Oct 1881 Wsale Grocer & Provision Merchant, Own Account
    Mary E Buckley 12 Jan 1887 Unpaid Domestic
    Sorry, this record is officially closed.
     
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  3. Peter Clare

    Peter Clare Very Senior Member

    26 March 1942

    61 Squadron
    Manchester I L7518 QR-
    Op. Essen

    Took off from Woolfox Lodge at 2110 hours. Shot down be a night fighter(Oblt Helmut Woltersdorf. NJG1) and crashed 2209 hours at Wertherbruch, 8km west south west of Bocholt.

    Crew.

    Sgt. C G. Furby +
    Sgt. J R. Dow RCAF +
    Sgt. J E. Smart +
    Sgt. D C. Brockley +
    Sgt. J. Buckley +
    Sgt. W A. Roberts +
    Sgt. H H. Fetherston +

    Source - RAF Bomber Command Losses Vol.3 - W R. Chorley.

    During the course of 1942 RAF Bomber Command visited Essen on 37 occasions. 3724 aircraft were dispatched with 2674 attacking the target of Industry, Transport and Oil. 2214 tons of HE along with 2381 of Incendiaries were dropped. 191 aircraft were missing or lost.
     
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  4. Tricky Dicky

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    England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915
    Name: John Albert Buckley
    Registration Year: 1908
    Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
    Registration district: Rochdale
    Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
    Inferred County: Lancashire
    Volume: 8e
    Page: 121
    Records on Page:
    Name
    John Albert Buckley
    Sarah Ann Buxton
    Joseph Keegan
    Mary Elizabeth Tipping


    England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2005
    Name: Jack Buckley
    Mother's Maiden Surname: Tipping
    Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1920
    Registration district: Rochdale
    Inferred County: Lancashire
    Volume Number: 8e
    Page Number: 14

    Name: Erie Buckley
    Mother's Maiden Surname: Tipping
    Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1918
    Registration district: Rochdale
    Inferred County: Lancashire
    Volume Number: 8e
    Page Number: 36


    ?? 10 years from marriage to first child??

    TD
     
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