EBANKS – John Hartley Duff
Flight Sergeant/Warrant Officer – DFM
[Source: CG]
1800655 John Hartley Duff Ebanks joined the RAF in 1941 and served in Europe as a Navigator with 571 Squadron. Stationed at Downham Market he was part of the Light Night Striking Force within No. 8 (Pathfinder) Group, flying in Mosquito fighter/bombers. Prior to joining up, he had been a teacher at Beckford and Smith’s High School (now St. Jago High School) in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Jamaica. For more information about his RAF career, see Caribbean Volunteers at War, by Mark Johnson.
On 16 January 1945, it was announced in the London Gazette that Flt. Sgt. Ebanks had been awarded the DFM. After the war, John Ebanks remained in the RAF and was promoted to Flight Lieutenant (202061), serving in Transport Command.
VE-dinner, London 1995, from left: John Blair, John Ebanks and an unidentified veteran.
[Photograph courtesy Mark Johnson]
Flt Lt John Ebanks, DFC (Jamaica) joined the RAF in 1941 and served in Europe as a Navigator in the Mosquito fighter-bomber. 571 Squadron, stationed at Downham Market as part of the Light Night Striking Force within No. 8 (Pathfinder) Group. He passed away in 2006 (?)
December 10th, 2008 at 8:25 pm