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John R Toombs
| John R Toombs (deceased) John Richard Toombs, known throughout his service as Jack, was born on 29th September 1919 in Southend-on-Sea and joined the RAFVR in April 1939 as an Airman u/t WOp/AG. Called up on 1st September 1939, he completed his training and joined 236 Squadron at St. Eval in August 1940. His first operational sortie with 236 was made on 24th August. All Toombs’ sorties during the Battle of Britain period were made with the same crew, P/O AL van Waeyenberghe, pilot, and Sgt. JR Thompson, observer. These two men were lost on 10th March 1941, serving with 272 Squadron, when their Blenheim was lost without trace on a sortie from Northern Ireland. Returning from a sortie to Brest, Toombs fired a Verey pistol at two Me109s, attacking his aircraft. It seems that one pulled up sharply and collided with the other. Toombs watched one go down but did not see what happened to the second. In 1941 Toombs was posted to 7 Squadron, operating in Stirlings from Oakington. He flew as a rear gunner. He completed his tour and later did a second tour, again as a rear gunner, this time with a Lancaster squadron of the Pathfinder force. He was commissioned in July 1944. Toombs was released from the RAF in 1946 as a Flight Lieutenant. He went to Ceylon and Sumatra, working in rubber plantations and on jungle clearing. After returning to England, he is believed to have later rejoined the RAF and served with the Traffic Branch, retiring in 1974. Toombs died on 11th December 2006. |
Items Signed by John R Toombs (deceased) |
  | Fighter Pilot of the Royal Air Force by Graeme Lothian. (APB) Price : £480.00 | Each of the 20 artist proof remarques features a hand-drawn remarque of a famous WW2 RAF fighter pilot alongside the signatures....... | |
| | Fighter Pilot of the Royal Air Force by Graeme Lothian. (APC) Price : £480.00 | Each of the 20 artist proof remarques features a hand-drawn remarque of a famous WW2 RAF fighter pilot alongside the signatures....... | |
| | Fighter Pilot of the Royal Air Force by Graeme Lothian. (APD) Price : £320.00 | Each of the 20 artist proof remarques features a hand-drawn remarque of a famous WW2 RAF fighter pilot alongside the signatures....... | |
| | Fighter Pilot of the Royal Air Force by Graeme Lothian. (APE) Price : £480.00 | Each of the 20 artist proof remarques features a hand-drawn remarque of a famous WW2 RAF fighter pilot alongside the signatures....... | |
| | Fighter Pilot of the Royal Air Force by Graeme Lothian. (APF) Price : £480.00 | Each of the 20 artist proof remarques features a hand-drawn remarque of a famous WW2 RAF fighter pilot alongside the signatures....... |
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