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Name : John Victor Wadham Son of : Victor Sidney and Lilian Olive Wadham (née White), of Newport. Born : 1919, Newport. |
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Electoral roll information
: 1922 : The family are at Mount Pleasant House, Newport. |
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| Service Details
: Sergeant 741598 (Pilot) John Victor Wadham, 145 Sqn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. |
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| Casualty Details
: Died : 12 October 1940 aged 21. Buried at : Carisbrooke Cemetery. CWGC Record |
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| Commemorated on these
Memorials : Newport Borough War Memorial Newport Castlehold Baptist Church War Memorial Ryde School War Memorial Sergt Wadham is also commemorated on the Battle of Britain Memorial at the RAF Museum, Hendon, London. Sergt Wadham is also commemorated on the Battle of Britain Memorial unveiled in 2005 on the Embankment, London. Sergt Wadham is also commemorated on the Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel-le-Ferne, Kent. 
Sergt J V Wadham, Battle of Britain Memorial, Capel-le-Ferne |
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| Further information
: John Wadham was educated at Ryde School on the Isle of Wight, and then went to the Grammar School at Newport. He had begun an apprenticeship with the furnishing firm of Shepperd and Hedgers in Southampton but also joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve prior to the outbreak of war. He joined 601 Sqn at RAF Tangmere on 3rd August 1940. Flying Hawker Hurricane V7426, he was involved in a dogfight with an Me109S over Hastings on the morning of 12th October 1940 and was shot down and killed. The aircraft crashed at Courseham Farm near Cranbrook. Sgt Pilot Wadham was killed while serving with 145 Sqn, and his body was taken to Newport for burial. |
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