World War II

Squadron Leader John Bernard Flowerdew (1930-1932)

• Date of birth 18 November 1913 at Billingford, Norfolk
• School Information He was the son of John Lionel Flowerdew (1883-85) who was one of 10 Flowerdew brothers at the College and brother of Laurence Lionel Flowerdew (1933-35). He performed as Touchstone in “As you like it” in 1932.
• Career Information None
• Date of Death 5 May 1943
• Cause of Death Took off 2236 4 May 1943 from Pocklington. Shot down by a night-fighter over Holland on a mission to Dortmund
• Location Westergeest, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland Municipality, Friesland, Netherlands
• Cemetery Westergeest Protestant Churchyard, Holland and on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey (Panel 118)
• Rank Squadron Leader
• Brand of Service Royal Air Force, 102 Squadron
• Story SQUADRONLEADERJOHNBERNARDFLOWERDEW1919-1923