In Memory Of

FORTUNE, JOHN

Service Details
Age:
 26
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 84994
Rank:
 Flying Officer
Unit:
 208 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1942-01-14
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Hurricane Z4774, shot down by anti aircraft fire near Maaten-Giefer, El Agheila, Libya
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Column 247.
Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Decorations:
 D F C
Citations:
 LG Sup 27 July 1943 - "Flying Officer Fortune has been continuously engaged on operational flying since 1940, including operations in Greece, Syria and Libya. During the present campaign in Libya, he has completed some 58 reconnaissances of a tactical and photographic nature. He has performed excellent work which has often been highly praised. He has always shown the greatest devotion to duty. During the past two months Flying Officer Fortune has undertaken 15 operational sorties, often in the face of enemy opposition."
Son of George and Eugenie Marie Fortune.