Has anybody got info on a raid on the Air Headquarters Steamer Point, Aden 10/8/1940 BECHER JOHN HENRY Rank: Squadron Leader Service No: 36008 Date of Death: 10/08/1940 Age: 27 Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Grave Reference: H. 21. Cemetery: MAALA CEMETERY YEMEN Additional Information: Son of Maj. John Pickard Becher, D.S.O., and Gertrude Veronica Becher, of Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England. His father fell in the 1914-1918 War. Squadron Leader J H Becher killed in an enemy air raid on Air Headquarters Steamer Point, Aden. Acting Flight Lieutenant T D Atkinson, Acting Wing Commander A C Mitchell, Acting Warrant Officer G A Davies, Corporal D L Lee LAC C P Panting injured. Many thanks Shaun.
just in case no further info surfaces Squadron Leader J H Becher: report of death. Acting Flight Lieutenant T D Atkinson, Acting Wing Commander A C Mitchell, Acting Warrant Officer G A Davies, Corporal D L Lee and Leading Aircraftman C P Panting: injured in an enemy air raid on Air Headquarters Steamer Point, Aden, 10 August 1940 Search results: AIR 81/1300 | The National Archives AIR 81/1300 1940 Jan 01 – 1941 Dec 31 Squadron Leader J H Becher: report of death. Acting Flight Lieutenant T D Atkinson, Acting Wing Commander A C Mitchell, Acting Warrant Officer G A Davies, Corporal D L Lee and Leading Aircraftman C P Panting: injured in an enemy air raid on Air Headquarters Steamer Point, Aden, 10 August 1940 AIR 81 – RAF Casualty Packs 1939-45 : Part 5 (1200 to 1488)
