SHANKS, John Burton
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rank: Sgtstatus: pow
airforce: RAF (no: 1192260 )
born: 1921-07-20 Wolverhampton United Kingdom
added by: AdeMottram
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John Burton Shanks joined 124 Squadron on 1st May 1942. He crashed during support of Operation Jubilee, the raid on Dieppe on 19th August 1942. He became a POW, POW No. 26869, during his time as a prisoner of war at Stalag 344 Lamsdorf he kept a diary. He never mentioned this to his family, but it was discovered after his death in 2014. It has since been published by his daughter in the book “ To Hell in a Handcart” ISBN 978 1838597 542 (Jeni Kingston)
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Squadrons:
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|---|---|---|---|
| Airforce | Sqdrn | Start | Finish |
| RAF | 124 | 1942-05-05 | 1942-05-05 |
Aircraft:
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| Serial | Note | Date |
| AA920 | 1942-05-06 | |
| W3432 | 1942-05-10 | |
| W3321 | 1942-05-17 | |
| W3950 | 1942-05-24 | |
| BM377 | 1942-05-29 | |
| P8607 | 1942-05-30 | |
| W3774 | 1942-05-30 | |
| EN775 | 1942-06-01 | |
| EN793 | 1942-06-02 | |
| EN836 | 1942-06-22 | |
| BR588 | 1942-08-17 | |
| BR588 | missing in action over Dieppe 19/08/1942 second sortie of the day | 1942-08-19 |
| AB814 | First sortie with 124 Squadron RAF. Sgt. J B Shanks | 1952-05-05 |
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