Local WW2 Memorials
Cobham Tilt Memorial
Jonathan Killingworth Punshon
| Surname: | Punshon |
| Forename: | Jonathan Killingworth |
| Age: | 19 |
| CWGC Date of Death: | 31 Mar 1941 |
| Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Regiment / Service: | Royal Air Force |
| Battalion / Unit: | 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit. |
| Service Number: | 42724 |
| Memorial to the Missing: | Runnymede Memorial |
| CWGC Plot Reference: | Panel 34. |
| Additional Information: | Son of Hugh Killingworth Punshon, M.V.O., and Victoria Mary Punshon, of Cobham, Surrey. Served with No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, flying unarmed long-range Spitfires. Based at R.A.F. Benson, Oxfordshire, the unit evolved from a civilian venture set up by Sidney Cotton at Heston, Middlesex, taken over by the R.A.F. in September, 1939. Killed flying Spitfire Ia X4029, which failed to return from a flight to Rotterdam. |
| Memorial: | Cobham |
| Links: | No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF Sidney Cotton |
| CWGC Website Link: | https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1804779/ |
| Memorial Tree Number: | 24 |
