ROUND, John Alfred

edit

Pilot Stats:

rank: F/L
status: kia
airforce: RAF    (no: 138653 )
born: 1922-06-09 Muswell Hill United Kingdom

added by: David Jervis
add

All Images:

edit

Bio / Text:

< = Expand >>>
After training in the USA under the Arnold Scheme, John Round flew Spitfires with 91 Squadron on the UK south coast in 1942 and 1943 and was awarded the DFC. He then held several flight instructor posts before being posted to the Far East, via Egypt and India. He served with 607 Squadron and was promoted to Flight Lieutenant in early 1945. He was killed in action in his Spitfire while on patrol near Rangoon, Burma, on June 5 1945. He had notched up over 1000 flying hours, mainly in Spitfires.

Extract from 607 ORB.
18/09/1944 - Another new Pilot has been posted to us, he is F/O Round DFC. His Experience with A.D.G.B. on Spitfires has been considerable and although he looks upon the Mk VIII as an OTU aircraft we feel sure that he will adapt himself rapidly to Service conditions overseas.

KIA - Hit a Tree 12ml NE of Rangoon - 1945-06-05

Squadrons:

Squadrons add
AirforceSqdrnStartFinish
RAF 607 -- --
RAF 91 -- --

Aircraft:

Aircraftadd
SerialNoteDate
LV660 Spitfire VIII - R.T. Test 1944-09-18
LV660 Spitfire VIII - Sector Recce and Low Flying 1944-09-19
JF292 Spitfire VIII - R/T Test and Practice Interceptions 1944-09-21
JF522 Spitfire VIII - Acceptance Flight Test 1944-09-22
LV732 Spitfire VIII - Local Flying 1944-09-23
LV660 Spitfire VIII - Practice Interception 1944-09-24
MD284 Spitfire VIII - Flight Formation 1944-09-25
MD284 Spitfire VIII - Squadron Formation 1944-09-25
LV669 Spitfire VIII - Squadron Balbo 1944-09-26
MD284 Spitfire VIII - Formation 1944-09-27
LV732 Spitfire VIII - R.T and I.F.F Tests 1944-11-01
JG500 Spitfire VIII - 1/4 and Opposite 1/4 Attacks 1944-11-02
MD284 Spitfire VIII - Attacks 1944-11-03
JF522 Spitfire VIII - Cross Country. Low Level 1944-11-04
MD303 Spitfire VIII - Squadron Balbo. Air to Sea Firing 1944-11-05
MD303 Spitfire VIII - Cross Country No.3. 1944-11-06
MD401 Spitfire VIII - Practice Bombing 1944-11-06
MD303 Spitfire VIII - Low Level Cross Country No.4. 1944-11-08
LV669 Spitfire VIII - Practice Bombing 1944-11-09
MD255 Spitfire VIII - balbo 1944-11-13
JG564 Spitfire VIII - Low Level Bombing 1944-11-14
LV654 Spitfire VIII - Practice Squadron Scramble 1944-11-14
JF615 Spitfire VIII - Formation 1944-11-16
MD303 Spitfire VIII - Air Test 1944-11-16
MD303 Spitfire VIII - Liberator Affiliation 1944-11-16
MD303 Spitfire VIII - R.T. and I.F.F. Tests 1944-11-19
MD303 Spitfire VIII - Scramble 1944-11-19
MD324 Spitfire VIII - To Sapam 1944-11-22
MD327 Spitfire VIII - Sector Recco 1944-11-23
MD327 Spitfire VIII - Yazagyo Patrol 1944-11-24
MD327 Spitfire VIII - Kalewa Patrol 1944-11-25
MT763 Spitfire VIII - Sapam to Tulihal 1944-11-25
MT763 Spitfire VIII - Tulihal to Sapam 1944-11-26
MT763 Spitfire VIII - Kalewa to Yazagyo 1944-11-26
MD327 Spitfire VIII - Tulihal to Sapam 1944-11-28
MD324 to SapamAir Test 1944-11-29
MD324 Spitfire VIII - Sapam to Tulihal 1944-11-29
MD324 Spitfire VIII - Patrol Kalewa 1944-11-30
MD324 Spitfire VIII - Yazagyo Patrol 1944-12-01
MD324 Spitfire VIII - escort 1944-12-03
MD324 Spitfire VIII - Patrol Kalewa 1944-12-03
MD324 Spitfire VIII - Close Escort to D.C.'s Supply Dropping in Thaungdut Area 1944-12-05
MD324 Spitfire VIII - To Imphal 1944-12-06
MD324 Spitfire VIII - Patrol Kalewa 1944-12-07
MD324 Spitfire VIII - To Imphal 1944-12-08
MD324 Spitfire VIII - Imphal to Sapam 1944-12-09
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Air Test 1944-12-10
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Escort 1944-12-11
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Scramble 1944-12-12
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Escort D.C.'s - Yazagyo East 1944-12-13
LV662 Spitfire VIII - To Imphal 1944-12-13
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Escort D.C.'s 1944-12-14
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Yazagyo Patrol 1944-12-16
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Patrol - Kalewa 1944-12-17
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Sector Recco 1944-12-18
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Escort Duties 1944-12-19
LV662 Spitfire VIII - D.C. Escort 1944-12-20
MD255 Spitfire VIII - Rhubarb - Return to Base 1944-12-25
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Rhubarb 1944-12-25
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Escort 1944-12-28
LV662 Spitfire VIII - D.C. Escort 1944-12-29
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Escort - Maukadaw 1944-12-30
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Imphal to Base 1944-12-30
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Escort General Slim. Imphal - Indiangale 1945-01-01
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Escort C.47 - S. Kaduma 1945-01-01
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Kalewa Patrol 1945-01-02
LV662 Spitfire VIII - D.C. Escort - Kudaw 1945-01-03
MT941 Spitfire VIII - Air Test 1945-01-04
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Air Test 1945-01-05
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Dakota Escort to Zigon Area 1945-01-05
MT941 Spitfire VIII - D.C. Escort 1945-01-07
MT763 Spitfire VIII - D.C. Escort 1945-01-08
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Air Test 1945-01-09
LV664 Spitfire VIII - Talihal to Taukkyon for Patrol 1945-01-10
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Taukkyon to Talihal 1945-01-10
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Patrol Gangaw 1945-01-12
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Patrol Gangaw - Landed Tulihal 1945-01-12
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Patrol Gangaw 1945-01-12
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Patrol Gangaw - Landed Kalemyo 1945-01-13
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Kalemyo to Tulihal 1945-01-13
LV662 Spitfire VIII - To Taukkyon 1945-01-15
LV662 Spitfire VIII - To Kalemyo and Patrol Waingmaw 1945-01-15
LV662 Spitfire VIII - To Kalemyo and Patrol Waingmaw 1945-01-15
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Escort D.C.'s to Tabingaung 1945-01-16
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Patrol Meiktila 1945-01-17
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Patrol Meiktila 1945-01-17
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Meiktila Patrol 1945-01-18
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Meiktila Patrol 1945-01-18
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Patrol Meiktila and Strafe on Return to Base 1945-01-20
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Monywa - Budalin Patrol 1945-01-21
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Patrol Budalin 1945-01-22
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Onbank Patrol 1945-01-25
MT763 Spitfire VIII - Budalin Patrol 1945-01-25
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Onbank Patrol 1945-01-26
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Budalin Patrol 1945-01-26
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Air Test 1945-01-26
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Badalin Patrol 1945-01-28
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Budalin Patrol 1945-01-29
LV662 Spitfire VIII - D.C. Escort and Straffe 1945-01-29
LV662 Spitfire VIII - Rhubarb 1945-01-30
MT763 Spitfire VIII - Budalin Patrol 1945-01-31
MV327 Spitfire VIII - Taxied into bomb crater and tipped on nose Mingaladon AC 1945-05-19
MT909 Spitfire VIII - Hit Tree 12ml NE Rangoon 1945-06-05
post

Comments / Questions:

post
AboutPilotsBlog
ContactAircraftHelp
DonateFeedHome


Recent Comments / Questions
* hourly refresh

Spitfire flights
F/O Ingram had 5 operational Spitfire flights with 81 Sqn, being the flight Gib-Algiers and 3 local patrols. But ORBs were not maintained in ...

on: pilots, 2026-11-04 ... details

Unfortunate
How unfortunate, survived two years of operational flying (not including prior training) and died in a motor accident in July 1945 just mon ...

on: pilots, 2026-11-03 ... details

Idris Garrett ER603
OK, they have changed the link to the production list, so the ER603 link works correctly now ...

on: pilots, 2026-10-05 ... details

Idris Garrett crash landing

Hello, could you take this link out now, the Production list for ER603 has been updated and is now showing the correct data (you can check) ...

on: aircraft, 2026-10-01 ... details

Thank you Robert!
Hi Robert, Thank you so very much for the additional information. It is very helpful and is a fantastic lead for the family to follow up ...

on: pilots, 2026-08-16 ... details

H F Astell
Also https://www.abingdon.org.uk/ uploads/school/flipping/ Role_of_Honour_1939-45/files/assets /common/downloads/page0003.pdf ...

on: pilots, 2026-08-16 ... details

H F Astell
A F/Sgt H F Astell trained in the US - https://www.abingdon.org.uk/uploads/ abingdonian/ 1942_Christmas_V008_N005.pdf - He was probably late ...

on: pilots, 2026-08-16 ... details

ER557 Mustapha
Ray Bellamy flew ER557 pretty solidly through Feb/March 1943 - from 16th March onwards, at Victoria, it was almost his personal aircraft. I ...

on: pilots, 2026-08-04 ... details

Missing Spitfire flown after it went missing

This Spitfire went missing 19-8-41 about 4 weeks before my dad flew it 2-9-41!! ...

on: aircraft, 2026-07-24 ... details

Ivan Edward Bull, 32 squadron RAF
Hi, is there any living relatives of Ivan Edward Bull, the pilot of 32. sq.? Andrea gojak.srdan58@gmail.com ...

on: pilots, 2026-07-19 ... details


AboutPilotsBlog
ContactAircraftHelp
DonateFeedHome



copyright 2015-2026 www.allspitfirepilots.org