LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant John Francis JACKLIN
Service No: 404853
Born: Toowoomba QLD, 15 August 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 December 1940
Unit: No. 221 Squadron (RAF), Detachment RAF Station Luqa, Malta
Died: Air Operations: (No. 221 Squadron Wellington aircraft), Central Mediterranean, 9 May 1942, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Jacklin, of Kulpi, Queensland, Australia; husband of Dolores Helena Jacklin, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 5, Column 2, Malta Memorial, Malta
Remembered: Panel 124, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Sergeant Jacklin was reported missing on air operations in the Central Mediterranean area on 9 May 1942. It was presumed that the No. 221 Squadron Wellington aircraft that was on a search task had been shot down into the sea, and that the missing crew had lost their lives at sea.
The crew members of the Wellington were:
Sergeant Alwyn Bentley (945463) (RAFVR)
Squadron Leader John Edward Gorringe-Smith (40470) (RAF) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Thomas Frederick Grosvenor (755929) (RAFVR)
Sergeant John Francis Jacklin (404853) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Flying Officer John Alan Leslie (65546) (RAFVR)
Flying Officer William Alfred White (J/5096) (RCAF)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/20/11
On-Line Sources