Personnel Index - Detail

Name
GREAVES
First Names
John Leo
Rank
Sgt
Service
RAF
Service Number
3212780
Crew Position
Air Gunner
Posting In
Posted in 2/45

 

Flew 15 operations with 49Sqn before the end of the war.
 

F/O F Eltis - Pilot
Sgt R J Wood - F/E
F/Sgt B Howland - Nav
F/Sgt C Perfect - B/A
F/Sgt J Mulligan - W/Op
Sgt E A Read - A/G (MU)
Sgt J Greaves - A/G (RG)



John Greaves (Rear row, 2nd from the left)  at No 10 Air Gunnery School , Barrow in Furness (Walney Island)
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John (Jack) Greaves with his younger brother, Bernard........1944



The F/O Eltis crew prior to the February 1945 raid on Dresden (RAF Fulbeck).
F/O Eltis (pilot) is wearing the peaked cap, Sgt Greaves (extreme left) and Sgt Read (extreme right).............other names not yet known.



Jack Greaves in the south of France after the end of WW2.

All photographs are courtesy of Bernard Greaves (Jack's brother)

Click this link for the debriefs of Jack's operations (depending on your settings, this PDF file may download)