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Identity
Person No.
6895
Service No.
41688
Last Name
First Name
Jack
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
26
Military Service
Rank
Pilot Officer
Death Record
Date of Death
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
Grave Reference
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Ahron and Elizabeth Falkson, of Durban North, Natal, South Africa. Born Durban. Credited with 1 shared biplane victory. ***Jewish

Citation
Unknown
External Source
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South African War Graves Project

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