Jack Dewberry Gilliland

Military

Joined RAFVR, service pilot training in US Spartan Aviation College, shipped overseas to ETO,

operational training at OTU, assigned to 121S, P/O Jack Gilliland "mistook the fog for cloud and crashed at tremendous speed" in a street in Ipswich. KIA 8-1-42.

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Units served with

No 121 'Eagle' Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

W3240

Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Nicknames: City of Leeds II
Unit: No 121 'Eagle' Squadron

Places

Pilot Officer Kenneth Le Roy Holder stands on the shoulders of Pilot Officer Donald William McLeod to reach out for an American flag flying from a flag pole. A group of American airmen look on. They wear the insignia of the RAF Eagle Squadrons, the forerunners of the squadrons of the 4th Fighter Group. Passed for publication on 27 November 1941. Printed caption on reverse: 'Pilot Officer Kenneth Le Roy Holder from Buena Park, California, stands on the shoulders of Pilot Officer Donald William McLeod from

Biggin Hill

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Died	Ipswich, Suffolk, UK	8 January 1942	"mistook the fog for cloud and crashed at tremendous speed" in a street in Ipswich. Killed In action KIA. 8-1-42.
Born	Pittsburg, KS, USA		Born Son of Clarence Wesley and Mae Lillian Gilliland, of Pittsburg, Kansas, USA.
	Kansas, USA
Buried			Brookwood American Cemetery, Surrey, UK.
Other Joined RAFVR	Canada		Joined Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Other Service pilot training	Tulsa, OK, USA		Service pilot training in US. Spartan Aviation College.
Other Shipped overseas	Merseyside, UK		Shipped overseas to ETO.
Other Operational training	Great Britain, United Kingdom		Operational training at OTU. Conversion to Hurricane and Spitfires.
Other Assigned	Kirton in Lindsey, Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire DN21, UK		Assigned to 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF.

Revisions

Date25 Feb 2016 13:55:15

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3553
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17663811
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2666814/GILLILAND,%20JACK%20…

Date24 Oct 2015 15:32:07

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3553
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2666814/GILLILAND,%20JACK%20…
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17663811