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251003 F/Lt. John Francis Banks Royal Air Force 192 Squadron from:Shrewsbury John Banks qualified as an air bomber on 19th of June 1943. He studied Navigation and map reading in Anson planes at AFU Wigtown to 6th of January 1944, the transferred to No 84 OTU at Harrington where he was flying Wellington bombers with pilot F/O Clarkson. No 84 OTU moved to Desborough on 3rd of March 1944 John and his crewmates joined 192 Squadron at Foulsham on the 7th of April 1944, they flew sorties to Bay of Biscay Channel, the Western Approaches, over the North Sea, Dutch coast, French coast and the Frisians in a Wellington Bomber. He completed one operational tour of 40 sorties. John transferred to 221 Group on the 1st of June 1945 flying Dakotas from Rangoon over Burma. In October he joined 47 Squadron flying Mosquitos as a navigator and was demobbed in 1946. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**