Personnel Index - Detail
Name
KLETSKY
First Names
John A
Rank
F/Sgt
Service
RCAF
Service Number
R16882
Crew Position
Air Gunner
Posting In
Posted in 6/44
Flew 28 operations with 49Sqn.
The final raid was 19th October 1944.
Vivian 'Vic' Rowley's crew while with 44 Sqn, prior to joining 49 Sqn.
Back row: L-R:
Sgt Charlie Ward (W/Op) RAF
Sgt (later P/O) Robert J Barber (Pilot) RCAF
Sgt John Kletsky (Rear Gunner) RCAF
Sgt R G Shakespeare (Mid-Upper) RAF
Seated L-R:
F/O Russell S.W. Hayward (BA) RCAF
Sgt Mike Deutscher (Nav) RCAF
Not shown:
Sgt John Kent-Phillips (FE) RAF
F/O Vivian Rowley (Pilot) RAF
After Sgt Barber's death on his 'second dickey' trip, the crew moved to 49 Sqn.
Sgt Kent-Phillips had just turned 19 when the crew finished their tour of duty.