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Recovered 08.08.2023 from https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1799990/john-sterling-hesk/
SERGEANT JOHN STERLING HESK
Service Number: 570397
Royal Air Force 240 Sqdn.
Date of Death 07 May 1941 Age 20 years old
Commemorated at RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Panel 45
Son of Robert Chantry Dawson Hesk and of Ruby Hesk (nee Sterling), of Shanklin, Isle of Wight.
http://www.isle-of-wight-memorials.org.uk/people_2_h/hesk_js.htm
Sergeant 570397 John Sterling Hesk, (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner), Royal Air Force.
PBY Catalina Mk.I AH536 of 240 Sqn
240 Sqn was engaged on coastal duties on anti-shipping and submarines. The aircraft was stationed at Lough Erne in Northern Ireland and crashed at 04.30 while attempting an unlit landing on the lough. All the crew were lost, the only body found being that of LAC Holmes who was buried in Newport (St Woollos) Cemetery in Monmouthshire.