FLETCHER, Joseph John
| Service Number: | 414668 |
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| 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 |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 414668 | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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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