Air Commodore JLW Ellacombe
John Lawrence Wemyss Ellacombe
Battle of BritainAir officers
- Rank
- Pilot Officer
- Later rank
- Air Commodore
- Honours
- DFC and Bar
- Squadron
- No 151 Squadron
- School
- Diocesan College (Bishops)
- Born
- 1920
- Fate
- Survived the war. Died 2014
- In the book
- Pages 32, 51, 58, 167
From the book
Against Unfavourable Odds
Born in Northern Rhodesia and educated at Bishops with PRF Burton and NJM Barry, Pilot Officer JLW Ellacombe commissioned in early 1940 and was 20 when he joined No 151 Squadron in July. Shot down twice in two days, his “Battle of Britain” ended on the 28th after incurring severe burns that kept him off flying for three months. He earned the “Distinguished Flying Cross”, served with No 253 Squadron, flew No 487 Squadron Mosquito’s and was awarded a “Bar” in 1944. Air Commodore JLW Ellacombe CB DFC and Bar retired in 1973 and died in 2014.