Date of Birth
28 April, 1924
College
Borough Road College
Job(s)
Called up after five terms
Service number
165325
WW2 rank
Flying Officer Navigator
68 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Theatre of war
Europe
Date of death
04 March, 1945
Location of death
RAF station Coltishall, Norfolk, England
Buried/memorial
Ipswich Crematorium
Biography
Flying Officer Navigator John Philip Halestrap entered Borough Road College in 1941, but was called up to join the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve after five terms. In March of 1945 Flying Officer Navigator Halestrap and his Pilot were attempting to land their plane when according to reports, ‘Lost height on single-engined overshoot and crashed on return from patrol RAF Coltishall’. Both men died.
Sources
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
aviation-safety.net
Borough Road College 1941 Registry