Squadron Leader JOHN RAWSTHORN RAINFORD
Service Number: 42436
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Air Force
83 Sqdn.
Date of Death
Died 22 February 1942
Age 28 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar
- Additional Info Son of Thomas Clarkson Rainford, J.P., and Ann Rainford, J.P. (nee Rawsthorn); husband of Beryl Thirza Rainford, of Preston, Lancashire.
- Personal Inscription 'THEY SHALL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS EAGLES" ISAIAH XL.31
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