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Plt Off John Stewart “Streak” Harris

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Plt Off John Stewart “Streak” Harris Veteran

Birth
Death
4 Sep 1941 (aged 24)
Burial
Dunkirk, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Add to Map
Plot
Plot 2 Row 2 Grave 27.
Memorial ID
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John Stewart (Streak) Harris joined 54 Squadron on 17th April 1941

Attended Connaught House preparatory school, Weymouth, Dorset.
Attended Sherborne School (Lyon House) April 1931-December 1935; 6th form; Prefect; Head of House; 1st XI cricket team, 1935.

He was killed whilst flying in Spitfire VB, AB808 of No 54 Sqn, which failed to return from Circus 93. Shot down on the Wormhout to Cassel road, France, aerial combat,
He is buried in Dunkirk Town Cemetery.

Son of Frederick Stewart Harris and Evelyn Jane Harris, of Headley Down, Hampshire (formerly of Madras, India).
John Stewart (Streak) Harris joined 54 Squadron on 17th April 1941

Attended Connaught House preparatory school, Weymouth, Dorset.
Attended Sherborne School (Lyon House) April 1931-December 1935; 6th form; Prefect; Head of House; 1st XI cricket team, 1935.

He was killed whilst flying in Spitfire VB, AB808 of No 54 Sqn, which failed to return from Circus 93. Shot down on the Wormhout to Cassel road, France, aerial combat,
He is buried in Dunkirk Town Cemetery.

Son of Frederick Stewart Harris and Evelyn Jane Harris, of Headley Down, Hampshire (formerly of Madras, India).

Gravesite Details

Pilot Officer (Pilot), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Age: 24.


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  • Maintained by: bcresearcher
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56269490/john_stewart-harris: accessed ), memorial page for Plt Off John Stewart “Streak” Harris (11 May 1917–4 Sep 1941), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56269490, citing Dunkirk Town Cemetery, Dunkirk, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Maintained by bcresearcher (contributor 50440296).