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Squadron Leader JOHN RAWSTHORN RAINFORD

Service Number: 42436
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

83 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 22 February 1942

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SOLA CHURCHYARD

British Plot. E. 3.

Norway

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Clarkson Rainford, J.P., and Ann Rainford, J.P. (nee Rawsthorn); husband of Beryl Thirza Rainford, of Preston, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription 'THEY SHALL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS EAGLES" ISAIAH XL.31
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