John Van Liew Flynn

Military
media-36389.png UPL 36389 Flt Lt John Van Liew Flynn, 71 Eagle Squadron at Martlesham Heath - picture supplied by Sarah Burwood Sister-in-Law

Image from collection of Sarah Burwood, Sister-in-Law of John Van Liew Flynn, Uploaded by Museum Manager MHAS Museum Martlesham Heath

Object Number - UPL 36389 - Flt Lt John Van Liew Flynn, 71 Eagle Squadron at Martlesham Heath - picture supplied by Sarah Burwood Sister-in-Law

Enlisted RCAF, Joined RAF, assigned to 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. Missing from sweep to St.Omer in Spitfire Vb BM206 27-Apr-42 F/O John F Flynn Killed in Action (KIA).

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Highest Rank: Pilot Officer
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: No 71 'Eagle' Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Washington, DC, USA 12 February 1913 Born Son of Bernard J. and Dorothy Van Lien Flynn,of Washington, DC, USA.

Other

E/A Kill

Dunkirk, France 19 September 1941 Claim 1 x Me109 destroyed, Rhubarb mission Dunkirk - Dover.

Died

Saint-Omer, France 27 April 1942 Missing from sweep to St.Omer in Spitfire Vb BM206 27-Apr-42 P/O John F Flynn Killed in Action (KIA).

Enlisted

Canada Enlisted in RCAF.

Other

Joined RAF

England, UK Joined Royal Air Force.

Other

Assigned

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK Assigned to 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF.

Buried

Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Surrey, UK Tablets of the missing, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial. Also Memorialised on Eagle Sqn Monument in Grosvenor Square, London.

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From Sarah Burwood - Sister-in-Law

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AAM Database.
Spitfire Production List.
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=14942

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AAM Database.
Spitfire Production List.
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=14942

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AAM Database.
Spitfire Production List.

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Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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