Flying Officer (navigator) John Edward Cecil 'Jack' Hardy, 2820758
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- Unit - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
- Section - 608 Sqdn
- Date of Birth -
- Died - 06/12/1944
- Age - 32
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ContributeSource: Leicestershire War Memorials Project. John Edward Cecil Hardy was the son of Robert Day Hardy and Agnes Ann Hardy, and the husband of Doris Hardy, of Kelmarsh, Northants. He was baptised on the 6th October 1912; the Market Harborough School Magazine of 1928 shows that he gained his school certificate at the same time as his fellow alumnus and comrade FJA Harding.
He is buried next to Flying Officer Pilot Graeme Robert Eric Weir, also of 608 Sqdn, who died with him in the incident of 6/12/1944.
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He was remembered by his family in the Market Harborough Advertiser on the 13th December 1946:
'HARDY- In loving memory of my dearest husband, Jack, F/O in RAF reported missing December 6th 1944, later presumed to have lost his life. from his loving wife Doris and children Graham, Cynthia and Jean; also mum, dad and family.
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Submitted by B. Hakewill 2018
- Conflict - World War II
- Burial Place - Wijhe General Cemetery, Overijessel, Netherlands, plot 41, Row E, Grave 1
