F/Sgt John Conway Shearon
Born 8 March 1915, John lived near Bathgate in West Lothian before and after the war. Before the war he was a shale miner, after he worked as a machine operator in the motor industry (presumably for British Leyland who had a massive plant there). He married on 12 Dec 47 and his only child, Moira was born on 25 April 48 and John on 5 December 1956.
He volunteered for aircrew and enlisted on 8 September 1943, and was recommened for training as an air gunner.
21 September 1943 - Elementary Air Gunnery School
20 November 1943 - 12 Air unnery School
4 April 1944 - 17 Operational Training Unit.
Followinghis OTU traing and crewing up he went to 5 Lancaster Finishing School and from there on to 50 Squadron at RAF Skellingthorpe.
Whilst with 50 Squadron he flew 21 missions as the mid-upper gunner on the Cain crew Lancaster between Jan 7th and April 18th 1945.
The crew being F/O G M Cain,
Sgt I H Howlett
F/O J C Williams
F/Sgt I Lewis
Sgt W Burkitt
F/Sgt J C Shearon
F/Sgt I G Brooks
January 45.....
7th, Munich.
13th, Politz.
14th, Mersberg.
16th, Brux.
February.......
1st, Siegen.
2nd, Karlsruhe.
8th, Politz.
13th, Dresden.
14th, Rositz.
19th, Bohlen.
24th, Ladbergen.
March.......
3rd, Dortmund Ems Canal.
5th, Bohlen.
20th, Bohlen.
22nd, Bremen.
23rd, Wesel.
27th, Farge.
April......
4th, Nordhausen.
7th, Molbis.
16th, Pilsen.
18th, Komotau.
He was mentioned as having engaged a JU88 nightfighter on 8/9 Feb (raid on Politz).
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Following his tour with 50 Squadron he went to 8 School of Technical Traing and from there to a Heavy Bomber Unit in the mIddle East, returning to the Uk in 1 August 1946 and was demobbed 13 August 1946.
He died on 23 March 1968 of carcinoma of the lungs and left kidney.
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