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Sergeant John Storey

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Sergeant John Storey

Birth
Bowen, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia
Death
26 Jul 1942 (aged 27)
Germany
Burial
Ohlsdorf, Hamburg-Nord, Hamburg, Germany Add to Map
Plot
Plot 6A. Row F. Grave 3.
Memorial ID
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Service No: 403965
Born: Bowen Queensland 27th February 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 2 March 1941 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 460 Squadron, RAF Breighton, Yorkshire
Died: Air Operation: (No. 460 Squadron Wellington aircraft Z1335), Germany, 27 July 1942, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Hamburg Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Arthur Vincent Storey and Irene Elizabeth Storey; husband of Doris Storey, of Bondi Junction, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Manly NSW
Remembered: Panel 108, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Flying Officer Breen and crew were detailed to operate in Z1335 against Hamburg, Germany, on the night of the 26/27th July 1942. The aircraft left RAF Station Breighton at 2248 hours on 26 July but the aircraft failed to return. Bomb load 9 x 30 x 4 lb (pound) (2 kg) incendiaries. Twelve aircraft from the Squadron took part in the raid on Hamburg. The aircraft did not return and later it was learned that all crew members had been killed.

The crew members of Z1335 were:

Sergeant Aubrey Archdale Bice (405066) (Bomb Aimer)
Flying Officer Frederick James Breen (402760) (Pilot)
Sergeant John Storey (403965) (Observer)
Sergeant Archibald Edmond Tinkler (400741) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Ivan Thomas Tulloh (401865) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Service No: 403965
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Son of Arthur Vincent Storey and Irene Elizabeth Storey; husband of Doris Storey, of Bondi Junction, New South Wales, Australia.
Service No: 403965
Born: Bowen Queensland 27th February 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 2 March 1941 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 460 Squadron, RAF Breighton, Yorkshire
Died: Air Operation: (No. 460 Squadron Wellington aircraft Z1335), Germany, 27 July 1942, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Hamburg Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Arthur Vincent Storey and Irene Elizabeth Storey; husband of Doris Storey, of Bondi Junction, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Manly NSW
Remembered: Panel 108, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Flying Officer Breen and crew were detailed to operate in Z1335 against Hamburg, Germany, on the night of the 26/27th July 1942. The aircraft left RAF Station Breighton at 2248 hours on 26 July but the aircraft failed to return. Bomb load 9 x 30 x 4 lb (pound) (2 kg) incendiaries. Twelve aircraft from the Squadron took part in the raid on Hamburg. The aircraft did not return and later it was learned that all crew members had been killed.

The crew members of Z1335 were:

Sergeant Aubrey Archdale Bice (405066) (Bomb Aimer)
Flying Officer Frederick James Breen (402760) (Pilot)
Sergeant John Storey (403965) (Observer)
Sergeant Archibald Edmond Tinkler (400741) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Ivan Thomas Tulloh (401865) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Service No: 403965
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Son of Arthur Vincent Storey and Irene Elizabeth Storey; husband of Doris Storey, of Bondi Junction, New South Wales, Australia.

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