Not much is currently known about John Marshman. He was twenty six years old when he sadly
was killed when the Wellington crashed near Thorgill.
He was buried at Marham Holy Trinity, Norfolk, where his unit was based at the time.
Following a search for his birth in the birth registers only one John Marshman born in the UK fits,
if he is the correct person he was born in Pontypridd, Wales. Sadly nothing more is known about him, his headstone gives no clues, the epitaph is a brief but fitting one -
"killed flying". He was the son of John and Hilda Marshman, although the CWGC register give no information as to their home.
He was trained as an air gunner and it is presumed that he was flying in the front of the aircraft when the crash occured.
He probably joined the RAF at the very bottom and worked his way up. On 17th December 1939 he was commissioned as P/O on
probation from the rank of LAC.
