John William Hayton 3/4 September 1943 Lancaster Rear Gunner.

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John William Hayton RAFVR 1333343

Lancaster Rear Gunner   100 Squadron, Waltham (Grimsby). Aged 20 Born Jarrow, South Tyneside.

Lost without trace on ops to Berlin 3rd/4th September 1943. Lancaster JA969 HW-N.

Our family Hero as they were all heroes, lest we forget.

Commemorated on the Runnymede memorial and in our hearts.

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Remembered today 71 years since that last fateful raid on Berlin, from which he and his crew did not return.
Eric Bertram Harvey
Wilfred Frank Garner
Charles Lambert Hamilton
Arthur Leonard Kent
Lorimer Seymour Reynolds
Roland Eric Langford
John William Hayton

When you go home
Tell them of us and say
For Your Tomorrow
We Gave Our Today