Wing Commander JOHN DOUGLAS STEPHENS D F C 39135, 15 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Wing Commander JOHN DOUGLAS STEPHENS
D F C

39135, 15 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
who died age 25
on 30 August 1943
Son of Arthur Abraham, and Mary Annie Stephens, of Tuckingmill, Cornwall. His brother Sqdn. Ldr. Harry Bernard Stephens, D.F.C., also died on service.
Remembered with honour
FRIERN BARNET (ST. JAMES THE GREAT) CHURCHYARD

His Brother also died in service

Squadron Leader HARRY BERNARD STEPHENS
D F C

106237, 109 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
who died age 32
on 06 May 1944
Son of Arthur Abraham and Mary Annie Stephens, of Tuckingmill, Cornwall; husband of Dorothy Maud Stephens. His brother, Wing Cdr. John Douglas Stephens, D.F.C., also died on service.
Remembered with honour
JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY

 

Wing Commander JOHN DOUGLAS STEPHENS
D F C

39135, 15 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
who died age 25
on 30 August 1943
Son of Arthur Abraham, and Mary Annie Stephens, of Tuckingmill, Cornwall. His brother Sqdn. Ldr. Harry Bernard Stephens, D.F.C., also died on service.
Remembered with honour
FRIERN BARNET (ST. JAMES THE GREAT) CHURCHYARD



Flight of 18 November 1943 states ' Killed On Active Service'

'Killed On Active Service' means that the individual died as a result of an accident or something similar whilst engaged on operational duties. Thus, if a person was killed on a training sortie, or a flight not engaged in operations against the enemy that would be classed as KOAS.

 

Squadron Leader HARRY BERNARD STEPHENS
D F C

106237, 109 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
who died age 32
on 06 May 1944
Son of Arthur Abraham and Mary Annie Stephens, of Tuckingmill, Cornwall; husband of Dorothy Maud Stephens. His brother, Wing Cdr. John Douglas Stephens, D.F.C., also died on service.
Remembered with honour
JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY

Details of the above loss.......

6-7 May 1944

109 Squadron
Mosquito IX ML959
Op. Leverkusen

Took off from Little Staughton at 2130 hrs. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed near Herkenbosch (Limburg) 6 km south east from the centre of Roermond, Holland.

Crew.

S/L. H B. Stephens. DFC +
F/L. N H. Fredman. DFC +

' Bomber Command Losses' Vol.5 - W R. Chorley

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The Leverkusen raid of 6-7 May 1944

28 Mosquitos to Ludwigshafen, 5 to Leverkusen and 2 to Châteaudun, 9 RCM sorties, 9 Serrate and 5 Intruder patrols, 8 Halifaxes and 6 Stirlings minelaying off Biscay ports. 33 aircraft on Resistance operations, 6 OTU sorties. 1 Mosquito lost from the Leverkusen raid.

'Bomber Command War Diaries' - M. Middlebrook / C. Everitt

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One German claim for a Mosquito on the night of 6-7 May 1944.

2./NJG1. Oblt Werner Baake 1 km north east of Herkendorf. 2335 hrs