Joseph John FLETCHER

FLETCHER, Joseph John

Service Number: 414668
Enlisted: 8 November 1941
Last Rank: Pilot Officer
Last Unit: No. 463 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Jundah, Queensland, Australia, 25 October 1916
Home Town: Coomera, Gold Coast, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Flying Battle, France, 11 June 1944, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Ste. Gemmes-Le-Robert Communal Cemetery, France
Ste Gemmes le Robert Communal Cemetery, Ste Gemmes le Robert, Laval, Pays de la Loire, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Upper Coomera Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Pilot Officer, 414668
8 Nov 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Aircrew Training Units
8 Nov 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 414668
6 Jun 1944: Involvement Pilot Officer, No. 463 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Norman Archie and Annie Christina Catherine Fletcher

Husband of Grace Fletcher of Newmarket, Queensland

 

Pilot Officer Joseph John Fletcher 414668 was the Captain (Pilot) of 463SQN Lancaster DV229 which lost two engines on the return leg after bombing their target of the railway marshalling yards at Orleans

Pilot Officer Fletcher ordered all of the crew to abandon the aircraft but he remained at the controls and was killed when it crashed.

Four of the crew became POW

Warrant Officer Noel William Robinson 404682 RAAF - discharged 24 April 1946

Flight Sergeant Glen William King 426352 RAAF - discharged 23 October 1945

Flight Sergeant Maxwell Rae Barry 419764 RAAF - discharged 21 January 1946

RAF Sergeant K K Smith (Flight Engineer)

Flight Sergeant Frank Herbert Redford 427743 was discharged from the RAAF in July 1945 & Warrant Officer Anthony Williams Matthews 418756 was discharged from the RAAF in February 1945 after they both evaded capture.

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