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The Airmen's Stories - Sgt. J Till

 

John Till of Bradford, Yorkshire was born in March 1922, the son of Charles William and Lilian Alice Till.

He joined the RAF about February 1938 as a Boy Entrant. He later remustered as an Airman u/t WOp/AG and after finishing his training he joined 248 Squadron in mid-July 1940.

Till, now a Sergeant, was killed on 12th June 1941. He was in Blenheim IV T2121 WR*J which was shot down by a Me110 during an anti shipping patrol off Denmark. Also lost were Sgt. EL Holmes (also a Battle veteran) and Sgt. DE Richardson.

Till is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 53.

 

Above image courtesy of Dean Sumner.

 


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