John Raymond Hollington                                                                  Updated: 12 DEC 2021

Airman: e444002.htm Surname: Hollington Init: J R Rank: F/O Service: RAF Sqdn: 224

P_link: p001.htm Plane: HUD N7216 Operation: Other Crash_site: Off Heligoland

Crash_d: d300939 Buried_d: 1111111 C_link: e444.htm At_Next: GERMANY overview

På en foto-mission blev HUD N7216 skudt ned den 30. september 1939 nordøst for Helgoland, måske omkring her. Hele besætningen omkom. (Kilder: AOD og FAF)

Flying Officer (Pilot) John Raymond Hollington, 21 år, var søn af Joseph James Luckett Hollington og Marie Stuart Hollington, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, United Kingdom. Hans bror Robert Luckett Hollington blev også dræbt i tjenesten. Hæder: Nævnt i dagsbefalingen.
Han er begravet på KIEL WAR CEMETERY 3. H. 20. (Kilde: CWGC)

Fra HUD N7216 er 1 flyver begravet i Klitmøller, 1 i Tyskland og 2 har ingen kendt grav.

4 flyvere.

On 30 September 1939 HUD N7216 was shot down on a photo mission northeast of Heligoland, maybe around here. All of the crew perished.
(Sources: AOD and FAF)

Flying Officer (Pilot) John Raymond Hollington, 21, was the son of Joseph James Luckett Hollington, and of Marie Stuart Hollington, of Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol,
United Kingdom. His brother, Robert Luckett Hollington, also died on service. Awards: Mentioned in Despatches. He is buried in KIEL WAR CEMETERY 3. H. 20.
(Source: CWGC)

1 airman from HUD N7216 is buried in Klitmøller, 1 in Germany and 2 have no known grave.

This Hudson I took off from the airfield RAF Leuchars ordered by RAF Coastal Command.

See RAF Leuchars - Station History * 224 Squadron RAF * No. 224 Squadron (RAF): Second World War.

4 airmen.