NOTT, Jack Stewart
| Service Number: | 421543 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 1 February 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 77 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | ARMIDALE, NSW, 26 March 1918 |
| Home Town: | Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bricklayer |
| Died: | Murdered - shot , Netherlands, 9 July 1944, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Armidale City Bowling Club WW2 Honour Roll, Armidale High School WW2 In Memoriam Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 421543, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park | |
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| 23 May 1942: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 2 Embarkation Depot | |
| 2 Jul 1942: | Embarked from Sydney for further training in Canada then disembarked in UK 17th April 1943 | |
| 5 Feb 1943: | Promoted Pilot Officer | |
| 29 Jun 1943: | Involvement 421543, Operational Training Units (RAF), With 19th O.T.U. at RAF Kinloss | |
| 5 Aug 1943: | Promoted Flying Officer | |
| 29 Sep 1943: | Transferred RAF Conversion Units , 1658 H.C.U. at Ricall, Yorkshire for Halifax training. | |
| 9 Nov 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 421543, No. 77 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Completed 10 operational sorties with 77 Sqn, shot down by a nightfighter over Netherlands whilst on 11th, a raid on Sterkrade | |
| 17 Jun 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 421543, No. 77 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, A crew member of one of he seven aircraft lost from No.m277 Sqn on that raid. Evaded capture until captured and murdered by the Gestapo. | |
| 9 Jul 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 421543, No. 77 Squadron (RAF), Prisoners of War | |
| 13 Jun 1946: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Posthumous mention for his actions in endeavouring to evade capture and return to the UK. |
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Jack Stewart NOTT (1918-1944)
JACK STEWART NOTT Flying Officer Jack Nott was the son of Charles and Beatrice Nott and the husband of Airlie of Nimbin, NSW. Born 1918, a bricklayer by trade he had enlisted on 1 February After training in Australia he left for Canada on 2 July 1942 where he underwent a number of courses before moving to England.
He commenced at 77 Squadron on 9 November 1943 and had his first flight with them the next day.
Halifax MZ698 took off from Full Sutton at 2320 hours on the night of 16/17 June 1944, detailed to bomb Sterkrade, Germany. MZ698 was one of seven aircraft from 77 Squadron that failed to return after the mission. Flying Officer Nott, the only Australian on board, was the Air Bomber, the other seven crew members belonged to the RAF. The aircraft crashed at St Oedenrode (Noord-rabant), a small town north of Eindhoven and west of the main road leading to Uden, Holland. Five of the crew were killed in the crash and Flight Sergeants Needham and Bulmer became POWs.
Flying Officer Nott evaded capture and was in hiding with the Dutch underground movement. He was conveyed to a transit address in the town of Tilburg, Holland. The Germans captured a member of the underground and learnt of the presence of Nott plus two other evaders, (R E Carter RCAF & R A Walker ). These three were then captured and shot by the Gestapo on 9 July Flying Officer Nott and the two other airmen were shot whilst POWs in contravention of the Geneva Convention.
Their bodies were taken in coffins to the Vught Concentration Camp and it was assumed they were cremated. Flying Officer Nott has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Memorial to the Missing, Runnymede. He was classified as killed while a prisoner of war. NB: Coba Pusken, the owner of the home at Tilburg, was placed in Mauthausen Concentration Camp where he died.
Ref: Wingless by Tom Roberts The five crew members killed in the crash are buried in the Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Flying Officer Nott was posthumously Mentioned in Despatches Promulgated in London Gazette 13 June 1946 page 2818, in recognition of his actions in endeavouring to avoid capture by the enemy. He was survived by his wife and son Antony. He is remembered with Honour at the Australian War Memorial and the Memorial to the Missing, Runnymede.
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