Identity
Person No.
6895
Service No.
41688
Last Name
First Name
Jack
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J
Date of Birth
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Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
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SEA 815
Lost at sea
Cause of Death
Lost in H.M.S. Glorious, Falkson took part in the successful evacuation of fighters from Narvik on 8 June 1940 when he and nine other pilots from 263 Squadron landed their Gladiators aboard HMS Glorious. However this successful evacuation was to no avail when the carrier was sunk by the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau later in the day with the loss of almost all aboard
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Son of Ahron and Elizabeth Falkson, of Durban North, Natal, South Africa. Born Durban. Credited with 1 shared biplane victory. ***Jewish
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