Date of birth:

November 28th, 1921 (Bolton/Lancashire, Great Britain)

Nationality:

British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Servicenumber 1320248/172615.

John Wainwright was born on November 28th, 1921 in Bolton and gres up in Leeds, Yorkshire. When World War Two started, het left for London and worked at the Home Office. In 1942 he joined the RAF and was trained to be pilot in Ponca City, Oklahoma. During the war he flew the Short Stirling and Avro Lancaster.

After the war, John Wainwright flew with BOAC.

Promotions:
22nd February 1944: Pilot Officer on probation (emergency);
22nd August 1944: Pilot Officer on probation;
22nd August 1944: Flying Officer (war subs.);
22nd February 1946: Flight Lieutenant (war subs.).

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Pilot Officer (on probation-emergency: Acting Flight Lieutenant)

Unit:

No. 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Awarded on:

January 16th, 1945

The award was made in recognition of safely landing his plane after it was badly damaged by a jettisoned bomb over the channel whilst returning from a raid on 9th/10th April 1944.

Published in The London Gazette dated 16th January 1945.

• Photo: Lindsey Wainwright
• - Flight Logbook
  - Family records
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 21st April 1944, Issue 36483, dated 25th April 1944
  Fourth Supplement to The London Gazette of 5th September 1944, Issue 36692, dated 8th September 1944
  - Third Supplement to The London Gazette of 12th January 1945, Issue 36894, dated 16th January 1945
  - Third Supplement to The London Gazette of 12th March 1946, Issue 37501, dated 15th March 1946