John Edward Northend
- Born: 21 Sep 1920, Ecclesall Bierlow Sheffield Yorkshire 41
- Died: 13 Jan 1943, Mettmann Duesseldorf Germany aged 22 41
- Buried: 1943, Kleve Germany [Reichswald Forest War Cemetery] 33
 Death Notes:
Attended King Edward VII School Sheffield F/O John Edward Northend RAFVR: 119289: age 22: Son of William Frederick and Phyllis Northend, of Sheffield. Early in the morning of 13 January 1943 Lancaster bombers of No.61 Squadron, No.5 Group Royal Air Force were part of a force from Nos. 1 & 5 Groups taking part in an attack on Essen, one of the cities in the industrial heartland of Germany, the Ruhr. The pilot of one of those aircraft was Flt Lt David Gillett. His Lancaster mkI W4192 QR-E took off at 0335hrs from RAF Syerston. It crashed at Mettmann, 14 km ENE of Düsseldorf, where the crew, who were all killed, were buried in the Nordfriedhof. Their graves are now in the Reichswald War Cemetery. Grave 8.G.2.
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