Basic Details
Surname
Topping
Forenames
John Robert
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Honours
DFM
Notes
Pilot Officer J R Topping, Sergeant F W Ashfield, Flying Officer E G Fowler, Sergeant T H Mate: missing believed killed; Hampden P4400, 420 Squadron RCAF; aircraft failed to return from an attack on German warships Prinz Eugen, Scharnhorst and Gneisnau (Operation Fuller) in the English Channel, 12 February 1942 (AIR81/12150).
Commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Air Force
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pilot Officer
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Year of death
1942
Month of death
February
Day of death
12
Age at death
24
Manner of death reference
Missing