In Memory Of

NICHOLSON, JOSEPH JOHN GORDON

Service Details
Age:
 28
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 1338154
Rank:
 Flight Sergeant
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1944-04-12
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Stirling LJ540, airborne from Wigsley for a long night navigation and bombing exercise at the Bassingham ranges. Whilst in the range area, shot down at 0125 by Me410 intruder thought to be from 2/KG51. Aircraft crashed at Hilltop Farm, Caythorpe. The farmer, Mr Theaker, erected a memorial at the crash site.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Grave 545.
Cemetery:
 THORNEY (ST. HELEN) CHURCHYARD
Localitly:
 Nottinghamshire
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Joseph and Jane Nicholson; husband of Joan Nicholson, of Witbank, Transvaal, South Africa.