Carpe Diem - 576 Squadron RAF

CREW MEMBER PROFILE
Surname:	HENNINGHAM		First Name/s:	John Romer "Jack"

Service No/s:	413194	Service:	RAAF	Branch:	Pilot

Awards:	1939-1945 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, 1939-1945 Australia Service Medal (all posthumous)

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Date	Event	Aircraft Flown
SERVICE RECORDS
16 Aug 1941 16 Aug 1941	Enlisted at No. 2 Recruiting Centre (RC), Sydney, New South Wales as Aircraftman Second Class (AC2), aged 19y 2m
16 Aug 1941 16 Aug 1941	No. 3 Initial Training School (ITS), 20 Pilots’ Course, Sandgate, Queensland.
08 Oct 1941 08 Oct 1941	Re-mustered as Aircrew V (Pilot).
18 Nov 1941 18 Nov 1941	Promoted to Leading Aircraftman (LAC), re-mustering as Aircrew II (Pilot).
10 Dec 1941 10 Dec 1941	No. 12 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS), Bundaberg & Lowood (from 12 Jan 42), Queensland.	Tiger Moth tbc
07 Mar 1942 07 Mar 1942	No. 8 Service Flying Training School (SFTS), 21 Course, Bundaberg, Queensland.	Anson
11 Apr 1942 11 Apr 1942	Accident in Anson W2840 – collided with another Anson (AW683) on approach to land; injuries to muscles of back and shoulder	Anson
16 Jun 1942 16 Jun 1942	Awarded Pilot’s flying badge.
17 Sep 1942 17 Sep 1942	Promoted to Sergeant, re-mustering as Airman Pilot II.
18 Sep 1942 18 Sep 1942	No. 2 Embarkation Depot (ED), Bradfield Park, Sydney, New South Wales.
19 Oct 1942 19 Oct 1942	Embarked Sydney.
16 Dec 1942 16 Dec 1942	Disembarked UK.
16 Dec 1942 16 Dec 1942	No. 3 (RAAF) Personnel Reception Centre (PRC), Bournemouth, Dorset.
16 Feb 1943 16 Feb 1943	No. 14 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit ((P) AFU), Ossington, Nottinghamshire.	Oxford
09 Mar 1943 09 Mar 1943	Attached No. 1520 Beam Approach Training (BAT) Flight, Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire.	Oxford
17 Mar 1943 17 Mar 1943	Returned to No. 14 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit ((P) AFU), Ossington, Nottinghamshire.	Oxford
17 Mar 1943 17 Mar 1943	Promoted to Flight Sergeant.
17 Mar 1943 17 Mar 1943	No. 21 Operational Training Unit (OTU), Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire; assembles his crew.	Wellington
06 Jun 1943 06 Jun 1943	Attached No. 311 Ferry Training Unit, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire.
04 Jul 1943 04 Jul 1943	No. 3 Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit (OADU), Portreath, Cornwall; delivering aircraft wherever required.
05 Jul 1943 05 Jul 1943	Embarked UK for Egypt; placed on strength of Middle East Pool, Kasfareet, Egypt.
14 Jul 1943 14 Jul 1943	No. 22 Personnel Transit Centre (PTC), Almaza, Egypt Date? – Embarked Egypt.
07 Aug 1943 07 Aug 1943	Disembarked UK.
07 Aug 1943 07 Aug 1943	No. 1 Personnel Despatch Centre (PDC), West Kirby, Lancashire.
23 Aug 1943 23 Aug 1943	No. 27 Operational Training Unit (OTU), Lichfield, Staffordshire; forms crew	Wellington
26 Sep 1943 26 Sep 1943	No. 11 Base, Lindholme, Yorkshire; administrative Base for No. 1 Group heavy bomber conversions
30 Sep 1943 30 Sep 1943	No. 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU), Blyton, Lincolnshire.	Lancaster
07 Oct 1943 07 Oct 1943	Discharged on appointment to a Commission.
08 Oct 1943 08 Oct 1943	Commissioned as Pilot Officer on probation (emergency).
01 Nov 1943 01 Nov 1943	No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School (LFS), Hemswell, Lincs. Exact date TBC.	Lancaster
02 Dec 1943 02 Dec 1943	Joined No. 576 Squadron, ‘A’ Flight, Elsham Wolds Ops (5) 04 Dec 43 – Leipzig; 2nd dickie with C C Rollins 16 Dec 43 – Berlin; landed Grimsby 29 Dec 43 – Berlin 02 Jan 44 – Berlin; abortive due to misinterpreted signal	Lancaster
06 Jan 1944 06 Jan 1944	Stettin; lost in ND416 UL-G2, aged 21y Shot down near Koblenz at 0410 by Lt Wendelin Breukel of 5./NJG 2 in his Ju-88 and crashed in the village of Koblentz, near Pasewalk, some 22 miles NW Stettin. The crew were buried originally at Pasewalk Cemetery, but were reinterred on 04 Oct 47 at the Berlin (Heerstrasse) British Cemetery, Henningham in Grave 14.H.8. “ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS”	Lancaster

Date	Aircraft	Code	Flight Details	T/O	Land	Flt Time	Crew
576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS
03 Dec 1943 03 Dec 1943	ED888	UL-V²	LEIPZIG	0000	0720	7h20	P1 WO C.C. Rollins P2 Plt Off J.R. Henningham RAAF FE Sgt E.D. Roff AB Fg Off H.L. Rees RCAF NAV Sgt J. Rutter WOp Sgt R. Hammond TBC MUG Sgt L.S. Sumak RCAF RG Sgt M.A. Frost
NOTES:	Built-up Area Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 56x 30lb and 1122x 4lb incendiaries
16 Dec 1943 16 Dec 1943	ED767	UL-A²	BERLIN	1655	2325	7h30	P1 Plt Off J.R. Henningham RAAF P2 FE Sgt A.S. Baker AB Sgt K.F.F. Barton NAV Sgt A.S. Davis WOp Sgt F.J. Wright MUG Sgt J.L. Colbourne RG Sgt J.E. Kennison
NOTES:	Target: Built-up Area. Landed Waltham
17 Dec 1943 17 Dec 1943	ED767	UL-A²	WALTHAM TO ELSHAM WOLDS	nk	nk	0h00	P1 Plt Off J.R. Henningham RAAF P2 FE Sgt A.S. Baker AB Sgt K.F.F. Barton NAV Sgt A.S. Davis WOp Sgt F.J. Wright MUG Sgt J.L. Colbourne RG Sgt J.E. Kennison
NOTES:
29 Dec 1943 29 Dec 1943	ED767	UL-A²	BERLIN	1715	0005	6h50	P1 Plt Off J.R. Henningham RAAF P2 FE Sgt A.S. Baker AB Sgt K.F.F. Barton NAV Sgt A.S. Davis WOp Sgt F.J. Wright MUG Sgt J.L. Colbourne RG Sgt J.E. Kennison
NOTES:	Target: Built-up Area
02 Jan 1944	W4245	UL-S²	BERLIN	2315	0225	3h10	P1 Plt Off J.R. Henningham RAAF P2 FE Sgt A.S. Baker AB Sgt K.F.F. Barton NAV Sgt A.S. Davis WOp Sgt F.J. Wright MUG Sgt J.L. Colbourne RG Sgt J.E. Kennison
NOTES:	Target: Built-up Area. Abandoned Mission - misinterpreted signal
05 Jan 1944 05 Jan 1944	ND416	UL-G²	STETTIN	2350	nk	nk	P1 Plt Off J.R. Henningham RAAF P2 FE Sgt A.S. Baker AB Sgt K.F.F. Barton NAV Sgt A.S. Davis WOp Sgt F.J. Wright MUG Sgt J.L. Colbourne RG Sgt J.E. Kennison
NOTES:	Target: Built-up Area. FTR

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