Personnel Index - Detail
Name
RILEY
First Names
John Lawrence
Rank
Squadron Leader
Service
RAF
Service Number
39620
Crew Position
Pilot
Posting In
11/37
Posting Out
5/41
Cemetery
Also served during this time as Adjutant.
He flew 22 operations with 49Sqn between 4/41 and 5/41 before being posted to 61Sqn.
He was killed on 7th December 1941 during a raid on Boulogne. His Manchester exploded and he has no known grave.
He is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.
Extract is from Bill Chorley's Bomber Command Losses