Photo: Dorothy Hall
1564513 Flight Sergeant
F.J. Jackson
Pilot
Royal Air Force
May 30th 1945 Age 23
Greater Love
Hath No Man Than This
That A Man Lay Down
His Life For His Friends
Son of Frederick Jackson, and of Ellen Jackson, of Billingham.
Simon Glancey has submitted the following:
F/Sgt Jackson was the pilot of de Havilland Mosquito FB. Mk. VI NS582 of 13 Operational Training Unit, which collided with another Mosquito, LR360, during a training exercise. The two aircraft were performing a practice attack on a train when they collided; NS852 crashed near Manor Farm, Tytherton, Wiltshire, with the loss of both crew members. LR360 was damaged but returned to base.
De Havilland Mosquito Crash Log; Smith, David J. (comp.) Earl Shilton: Midland Counties Pubs.,1980 (2nd, fully revised edition), page 36
Frederick John Jackson is remembered at Billingham on B139.05 and B139.09
