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Glendinning, J.N., Sgt., 1941
In Newcastle-upon-Tyne (West Road) Crematorium are the ashes of 740032 Sergeant John Nixon Glendinning, serving with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died 12/03/1941.

Sgt. Glendinning was serving with 74 Sqdn. He was flying a Spitfire II P7506 on patrol. He was shot down by an Me109 and crashed at Ivychurch in Kent.
Royal Air Force Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War: Vol.1: Operational Losses: Aircraft and Crews 1939-1941. Norman L.R. Franks; 1997; Midland Publishing; ISBN 1 85780 055 9.
Men of the North: A Few of The Few; Robert Dixon; Wolf’s Nick Publishing; 2011; ISBN 9781466446830

John Nixon Glendinning is remembered on NUT062


The CWGC entry for Sergeant Glendinning

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk