Parents:--- Son of Patrick John Hayes and Ethel Minnie Garland, married 29th December 1919 in
Gloucestershire, England.
~~Flight Sergeant John Henry Terence HAYES, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, World War Two.~~
RAAF Service Number:--- 411906
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 21st June 1941 in Sydney, New South Wales.
Final Rank:--- Flight Sergeant
Final Unit:--- No. 101 Squadron (RAAF), RAF Station Holme-on-Spalding Moor.
Fate:--- Killed in action during air operations in No. 101 Squadron Lancaster aircraft W4919, over the Netherlands on 24th May 1943.
Burial:--- Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Memorials:---Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial
Roll of Honour:--- Northbridge New South Wales.
Remembered:--- Panel 123, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Details of final mission:--- Lancaster W4919 took-off from Holme-on-Spalding Moor on the night of 23/24 May 1943 detailed to bomb Dortmund, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft was shot down by a night fighter, flown by Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield. Lancaster W4919 crashed at 0233 hours at Bergen, (Limburg) a small town on the east bank of the Maas river and about 4 kms inside the Netherlands from the border with Germany. All the crew members were killed.
The crew members of W9199 who perished were:--
Sergeant Walter Randall Cook (1116625) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Percy George Eames (1319738) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Sergeant John Warwick Craven Evans (1334798) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant John Henry Terence Hayes (411906) (Pilot)
Sergeant James Park (1361100) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Owen Hugh Sibson (R/175992) (RCAF) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Leslie Gordon Smith (R/155648) (RCAF) (Rear Gunner)
Gloucestershire, England.
~~Flight Sergeant John Henry Terence HAYES, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, World War Two.~~
RAAF Service Number:--- 411906
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 21st June 1941 in Sydney, New South Wales.
Final Rank:--- Flight Sergeant
Final Unit:--- No. 101 Squadron (RAAF), RAF Station Holme-on-Spalding Moor.
Fate:--- Killed in action during air operations in No. 101 Squadron Lancaster aircraft W4919, over the Netherlands on 24th May 1943.
Burial:--- Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Memorials:---Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial
Roll of Honour:--- Northbridge New South Wales.
Remembered:--- Panel 123, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Details of final mission:--- Lancaster W4919 took-off from Holme-on-Spalding Moor on the night of 23/24 May 1943 detailed to bomb Dortmund, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft was shot down by a night fighter, flown by Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield. Lancaster W4919 crashed at 0233 hours at Bergen, (Limburg) a small town on the east bank of the Maas river and about 4 kms inside the Netherlands from the border with Germany. All the crew members were killed.
The crew members of W9199 who perished were:--
Sergeant Walter Randall Cook (1116625) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Percy George Eames (1319738) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Sergeant John Warwick Craven Evans (1334798) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant John Henry Terence Hayes (411906) (Pilot)
Sergeant James Park (1361100) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Owen Hugh Sibson (R/175992) (RCAF) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Leslie Gordon Smith (R/155648) (RCAF) (Rear Gunner)
Parents:--- Son of Patrick John Hayes and Ethel Minnie Garland, married 29th December 1919 in
Gloucestershire, England.
~~Flight Sergeant John Henry Terence HAYES, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, World War Two.~~
RAAF Service Number:--- 411906
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 21st June 1941 in Sydney, New South Wales.
Final Rank:--- Flight Sergeant
Final Unit:--- No. 101 Squadron (RAAF), RAF Station Holme-on-Spalding Moor.
Fate:--- Killed in action during air operations in No. 101 Squadron Lancaster aircraft W4919, over the Netherlands on 24th May 1943.
Burial:--- Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Memorials:---Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial
Roll of Honour:--- Northbridge New South Wales.
Remembered:--- Panel 123, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Details of final mission:--- Lancaster W4919 took-off from Holme-on-Spalding Moor on the night of 23/24 May 1943 detailed to bomb Dortmund, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft was shot down by a night fighter, flown by Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield. Lancaster W4919 crashed at 0233 hours at Bergen, (Limburg) a small town on the east bank of the Maas river and about 4 kms inside the Netherlands from the border with Germany. All the crew members were killed.
The crew members of W9199 who perished were:--
Sergeant Walter Randall Cook (1116625) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Percy George Eames (1319738) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Sergeant John Warwick Craven Evans (1334798) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant John Henry Terence Hayes (411906) (Pilot)
Sergeant James Park (1361100) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Owen Hugh Sibson (R/175992) (RCAF) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Leslie Gordon Smith (R/155648) (RCAF) (Rear Gunner)
Gloucestershire, England.
~~Flight Sergeant John Henry Terence HAYES, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, World War Two.~~
RAAF Service Number:--- 411906
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 21st June 1941 in Sydney, New South Wales.
Final Rank:--- Flight Sergeant
Final Unit:--- No. 101 Squadron (RAAF), RAF Station Holme-on-Spalding Moor.
Fate:--- Killed in action during air operations in No. 101 Squadron Lancaster aircraft W4919, over the Netherlands on 24th May 1943.
Burial:--- Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Memorials:---Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial
Roll of Honour:--- Northbridge New South Wales.
Remembered:--- Panel 123, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Details of final mission:--- Lancaster W4919 took-off from Holme-on-Spalding Moor on the night of 23/24 May 1943 detailed to bomb Dortmund, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft was shot down by a night fighter, flown by Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield. Lancaster W4919 crashed at 0233 hours at Bergen, (Limburg) a small town on the east bank of the Maas river and about 4 kms inside the Netherlands from the border with Germany. All the crew members were killed.
The crew members of W9199 who perished were:--
Sergeant Walter Randall Cook (1116625) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Percy George Eames (1319738) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Sergeant John Warwick Craven Evans (1334798) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant John Henry Terence Hayes (411906) (Pilot)
Sergeant James Park (1361100) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Owen Hugh Sibson (R/175992) (RCAF) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Leslie Gordon Smith (R/155648) (RCAF) (Rear Gunner)
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