John R. Swann, AC2
Personal information
Age 37
Nationality British
Date / place of birth Unknown
Genealogy Son of George H. and Charlotte Swann. Husband of Grace Winifred Swann, Sidcup, Kent, U.K.
Military information
Army Number 1382073
Rank AC2
Function Aircraftman 2
Platoon / Troop / Flight No. 6341 Light Warning Unit
Company / Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Radar Detachement
Unit / Group Unknown
Division / Transport / Command 1st Airborne Division
Regiment Unknown
Death information
Died when 18-9-1944
Died where Opheusden/Dodewaard
Spot In a field
Map reference Unknown
Burial location
Oosterbeek, War Cemetery, Netherlands
Grave number 4-C-6
Graves overview
Miscellaneous information
Personal notes

Horsa 'Chalk Number 5003' carried six troops of RAF 6341 Light Warning Unit. Caught in a flak barrage some 8 kilometers south of the intended Landing Zone, the glider was hit and crashed 1 km south of the railway station of Opheusden, along the road to Dodewaard. AC1 Swann died in this glider crash.

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John R. Swann, AC2
Personal information
Age 37
Nationality British
Date / place of birth Unknown
Genealogy Son of George H. and Charlotte Swann. Husband of Grace Winifred Swann, Sidcup, Kent, U.K.
Military information
Army Number 1382073
Rank AC2
Function Aircraftman 2
Platoon / Troop / Flight No. 6341 Light Warning Unit
Company / Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Radar Detachement
Unit / Group Unknown
Division / Transport / Command 1st Airborne Division
Regiment Unknown
Death information
Died when 18-9-1944
Died where Opheusden/Dodewaard
Spot In a field
Map reference Unknown
Burial location
Oosterbeek, War Cemetery, Netherlands
Grave number 4-C-6
Graves overview
Miscellaneous information
Personal notes

Horsa 'Chalk Number 5003' carried six troops of RAF 6341 Light Warning Unit. Caught in a flak barrage some 8 kilometers south of the intended Landing Zone, the glider was hit and crashed 1 km south of the railway station of Opheusden, along the road to Dodewaard. AC1 Swann died in this glider crash.

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