Personnel Index - Detail

Name
COURT
First Names
Jack
Rank
Sgt
Service
RAF
Service Number
1880701
Crew Position
Flight Engineer
Age
19
Date of Death
08/01/1945
Cemetery

 



Image courtesy of Christian McCall.

Photographed by Malcolm Brooke

Photographed by Malcolm Brooke

The CWGC website indicates that Jack's mother was Mrs D Court. In fact, this was his step-mother.
His real mother was Mrs Ada Claire Court who died when Jack was 14.


7/8 January, 1945; MUNICH:

Bomber Command departed from its recent Army support operations to deliver Munich's final major raid of the war. An area attack was to be carried out by 645 Lancasters led by 9 Mosquitoes.
The squadron's aircraft had arrived over Munich around 20.30hrs
Flak and fighters had been active - a total of 15 Lancasters with their crews failed to return.
These losses included V-Victor from 49 Squadron: Sadly F/O Alec Bolter (PB586) and crew all perished when their aircraft came down in France.
W/O 'Dusty' Miller RAAF, a spare W/AG on the squadron, was flying with the Bolter crew this night.
Their graves are in Villeneuve-St.Georges Cemetery near Seine-et-Oise. 

PB586 (EA-V)
F/O A.J. Bolter Pilot (Killed)
Sgt J. Court F/E (Killed)
Sgt T.E. Walker NAV (Killed)
W/O F.C. Miller RAAF W/AG (Killed)
Sgt C.L. Atkins A/G (Killed)
Sgt J.T. Sanderson A/B (Killed)
Sgt A.F. Butcher A/G (Killed)

Crew on their 4th operation