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Identity
Person No.
3785
Service No.
84668
Last Name
First Name
John Allison George
Initials
J A G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Military Service
Rank
Pilot Officer
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, Hurricane I P3662, failed to return from air operations after a combat with enemy aircraft off Portsmouth. Believed to have crashed into the sea
Grave Reference
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Maj. George Griffith Ffloyd Chomley and Nancy Chomley, of Bolton, Marandellas, Southern Rhodesia. "One of the few" Battle of Britain pilot. Probably entered the RAF as a direct-entry Airman u/t Pilot in 1939. With his training completed, he was commissioned and arrived at 6 OTU, Sutton Bridge on 8th June 1940 to convert to Hurricanes. On Ruzawi Preparatory School War Memorial, near Marandellas, Rhodesia. On war memorial in Marandellas, Rhodesia. Now known as Marondera, Zimbabwe.

Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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