MALTA,
WORLD WAR 2 AIRMEN WAR MEMORIAL
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| MABBS |
Charles |
Sergeant
1685949, 148 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Brindisi,
Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number JP244, when
the aircraft crashed 25 miles north of Tirana after successfully
dropping supplies to a Drop Zone in Albania during a Special Operation
sortie 29 October 1944. Aged 31. Son of Charles and Margaret Mabbs;
husband of Helena Mabbs, of West Derby, Liverpool. Member Pharmaceutical
Society. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| MacARTHUR |
Duncan
Alastair |
Flying
Officer 122354, 202 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action by firnedly
fire flying out of Gibraltar in a Consolidated Catalina IB, serial
number FP153, when it wa assumed that the aircraft had been shot
down in error by Royal Naval warships during an Anti-Submarine
Warfare patrol 20 November 1942. Aged 27. Native of Elvanfoot,
Lanarkshire. Son of J. C. C. and Bessie J. B. MacArthur, of Elvanfoot,
Lanarkshire; brother of John Bisset MacArthur, who aslo died in
the war, Aircraftman 2nd Class, Royal Air Force, died 2 June 1940,
aged 22. Panel 3, Column 1. |
| MACAULAY |
Harold |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/64487, 18 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flting
outmof Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Belheim IV, serial number V6492,
when the aircraft was shot down by flak from the Italian Navy
torpedo ship Centauro during an attack on a convoy in the Gulf
of Sirte off Libya 19 November 1941. Born 20 July 1920 in Welland,
Ontario, Canada. Single. Resident 114 Myrtle Avenue, Hamilton,
Ontario, Canada. Suffered with pneumonia in 1927. Parents, Alan
and Maude (nee Swan) Mcauley, both killed in a car accident 26
December 1931 (both British born); two sisters, Elsie Irene Macualey
and Gladys Macauley (NoK), both resident 115 Rosslyn Avenue, No.
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Civil occupation Stock Boy ar Arliss
Shoe Store. Height 5 feet 6 inches, weight 120lbs, chest 31 inches.
Enlisted 22 July 1940 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Panel 2, Column
2. |
| MacCALLUM |
Bruce |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 37723, 202 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Gibraltar
in a Saro London II, serial number K9682, when the aircraft was
shot down by a Vichy French AF Hawk into the Bay of Algeciras
during a patrol, several of the crew survived and were interned
in Spain, 14 September 1940. Aged 27. Native of Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada. Son of James Douglas MacCallum, and of Beatrice MacCallum,
of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; husband of Maud MacCallum. Panel 1,
Column 1. |
| MacCOLL |
Colin
Campbell |
Pilot
Officer (Navigator) 134513, 227 Squadron attached from 46 Squadron,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter
VIF, serial number X8133, when the aircraft was shot down by return
fire while attacking Italian SM82 bombers 150 miles southeast
of Malta during a convoy escort 18 December 1942. Aged 24. Native
of Ballachulish, Argyllshire. Son of Mr. and Mrs. D. MacColl,
of Ballachulish, Argyllshire; husband of Ruby Phillips Parker
MacColl, of Stranraer, Wigtownshire. Panel 3. Column 1. See also
Ballachulish,
Argyllshire |
| MacCOSHAM |
William
Raymond |
 Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) R/95723, 179 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Gibraltar
in a Vickers Wellington 27 December 1942. Born 23 June 1922 in
Glen Nevis, Ontario, Canada. Native of Glenora, Manitoba, Canada.
Son fo Joseph Alexander and Emily MacCosham, of 316 Fourth Street
West, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. Single. Civil occupation Mill
Hand/Worker for Courtaulds Cornwall. Educated at Cornwall Vocational
High School. Enlisted 13 March 1941 in Ottawa. Height 5 feet 8
inches, weight 128lbs, chest 33 inches, mdeium complexion, hazel
eyes, dark brown hair. Panel 5, Column 2. |
| MacDONALD |
Denis
Charles |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/106843, 221 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number
HX473 (aircraft serial unconfirmed), when the aircraft was lost
during an operational sortie 3 March 1943. Born 24 February 1908
in Balham, London S.W., England. Native of Victoria, British Columbia,
Canada. Resident 3232 Wichlowe Street, Vuictoria, British Columbia,
Canada. Son of Dr. John Denis and Mrs. Minnie Elizabeth (nee Gunter)
MacDonald, of 1065 Richmond Avenue, Victoria, British Columbia,
Canada. Civilian occupation Rental/Estate Agent. Enlisted 7 June
1941. Height 5 feet 8¾ inches, weight 141 lbs, chest 34
inches, dark complexion, brown eyes, brown hair. Religious denomination
Church of England. Panel 11, Column 2. |
| MACDONALD |
John
William |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 404971, 72 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Souk
el Arba, Tunisia, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, when the aircraft
was lost during a ground attack in the Djedaida area, probably
shot down by a fighter, 5 December 1942. Aged 25. Native of Moorooka,
Queensland, Australia. Son of Percy Malcolm Crookston Macdonald
and Irene Constance Macdonald; husband of Hazel Constance Macdonald,
of Moorooka, Queensland, Australia. Panel 5, Column 1. |
| MACDONALD |
Julian
Vincent |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 127206, 241 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Canne, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire VIII, serial number
JF517, when the aircraft was shot down by flak into the Adriatic
Sea just off Ancona, Italy, 3 April 1944. Aged 20. Native of Balham,
London. Son of Eric H. G. and Dorothy E. Macdonald, of Balham,
London. Panel 13, Column 1. |
| MacDONALD |
Leslie
Ross |
Sergeant
(Observer) 754261, 82 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number T1888,
when the aircraft ditched off Malta due to flak damage when returning
to Luqa following an anti-shipping sweep 19 June 1941. Panel 1,
Column 2. |
| MacDONELL |
Angus |
Sergeant
1566458, 27 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Hal
Far, Malta, in a Lockheed Ventura V, serial number JS935, when
the aircraft was lost without trace during a convoy escort. 13
September 1944. Aged 21. Native of Morar, Inverness-shire. Son
of Duncan MacDonell, and of Sarah MacDonell, of Morar, Inverness-shire.
Panel 15, Column 1. |
| MacGREGOR |
Ian
James |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 181096, 6 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Canne, Italy, in a Hawker Hurricane IV, serial number KX583,
when the aircraft was shot down by flak during an attack on enemy
forces on Lusinj Island off the Croatian coast 10 March 1945.
Aged 21. Native of Horsham, Sussex. Son of James MacGregor, C.M.G.,
and of Mabel Jane MacGregor, of Horsham, Sussex. Panel 18, Column
1. |
| MacISAAC |
Brendan
Hilary |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Air Gunner) R/124680, 296 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed while flying out
of Goubrine II, Tunisia, in a Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle GTI,
serial number P1516, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during a mail run between Gioia delle Colle, Italy and Goubrine
II, Tunisia, an Army Captain was also killed, 2 October 1943.
Native of St Peters, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Son of James
and Katherine MacIsaac. Panel 10, Column 2. |
| MacKAY |
Alexander
Frank |
Sergeant
536834, 223 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United
Kingdom. Died based at Biferno, Italy, 15 March 1944. Native of
Inverness, Scotland. Husband of Mrs C Gough, formerly MacKay,
of Inverness, Scotland. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| MacKAY |
Lauchlan
Blair |
Warrant
Officer Class I (Pilot) R/76380, 92 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Tortorella, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire VIII, serial number
JF567, when the aircraft was shot down by return fire when attacking
a Do217 near Isole Termoli 10 October 1943. Aged 20. Native of
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada. Son of John and Mary Blair MacKay,
of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada. Panel 10, Column 2. |
| MacKAY |
William
John Alexander |
Captain
(Pilot) 102184, 240 Squadron, South African Air Force. Previously
served as Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force. Country of service
South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Cutella, Italy, in
a Curtiss Kittyhawk IV, serial number FX573, when his aircraft
was lost without trace during a ground attack sortie over Italy
2 March 1944. Aged 24. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
(D.F.C.). Native of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Son of Donald
M. and Eunice Mackay, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Panel 17,
Column 1. |
| MACKNEY |
John
Reginald |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 145391, 148 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Brindisi, Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number
JP239, when the aircraft crashed into the sea north of Corsica
following an engine fire when returning from a Special Operations
drop in northern Italy, one of the crew survived, 30 July 1944.
Aged 23. Native of Beckenham, Kent. Son of John Sutton Mackney
and Ida Mary Mackney; husband of Joan Ailsa Mackney, of Beckenham,
Kent. Panel 13, Column 1. |
| MACKRELL |
Trevor |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 420694, 14 Squadron, Royal
Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in
action flyibng out of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a Martin Marauder
I, serial number FK110, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during a low-level shipping reconnaissance sortie over the southern
sector of the Adriatic Sea 9 May 1944. Aged 22. Nativeof Wingham,
New South Wales, Australia. Son of Leslie James Mackrell and Ethel
Lila Mackrell; husband of Helen Mackrell, of Wingham, New South
Wales, Australia. Panel 16, Column 2. |
| MacLEAN |
David
Derek |
 Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) NZ411493, 126 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air
Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number
BR183, whe the aircraft was shot down into the sea by a fighter
35 miles north of Comino Island when intercepting an enemy air
raid on Malta 11 October 1942. Aged 20. Born 15 October 1921
in Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand. Native
of Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand. Son of Allan Hector MacLean
and of Alice Kathleen MacLean (nee Allison), of Wanganui, Wellington,
New Zealand. Panel 5, Column 1.
Photograph
from Auckland
Museum Cenotaph Record
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| MacLEAN |
Ian
Lockarbie |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator) 1372534, 210 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, in a Consolidated Catalina
IB, serial number FP154, when the aircraft stalled and crashed
into the sea off Sagres, Portugal when avoiding the ground in
mist during a convoy escort in the Cape St Vincent area 22 March
1943. Aged 30. Native of Glasgow. Son of Kenneth and Annie J.
Maclean, of Glasgow. Panel 9, Column 1. |
| MacLELLAN |
Ernest
Hugh |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 119575, 213 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Biferno, Italy, in a North American Mustang III, serial
number HB932, when the aircraft was lost without trace during
a ground attack sortie in the Lipljan area of Yugoslavia, believed
to have been shot down by flak, 30 October 1944. Aged 29. Native
of Dunstaffnage, Argyllshire. Son of Hugh and Ethel MacLellan,
of Dunstaffnage, Argyllshire. Panel 13, Column 1. |
| MacLEOD |
Alexander
Owen |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) R/92540, 185 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Hal
Far, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number EP316,
when the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 about 25 miles north
of Zonqur Point, Malta when intercepting an enemy air raid on
the island 13 October 1942. Native Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Son
of Alexander and Alexandra Harper MacLeod, of Cobble Hill, Vancouver
Island, British Columbia (previously from Calgary, Alberta). His
brother John Harper MacLeod also fell, Private M/101975, Seaforth
Highlanders of Canada, died 26 December 1943, aged 19. Panel 5,
Column 2. |
| MacLEOD |
Ian
Arras |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 655221, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Protville II, Tunisia, in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX, serial
number LX779, when the aircraft was lost during an attack on a
formation of Ju52s near Elba, Italy during a sweep 24 September
1943. Aged 23. Native of Pencaitland, East Lothian. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. MacLeod, of Pencaitland, East Lothian. Panel 9, Column
1. |
| MacLEOD |
John
Ralph |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 413883, 70 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Djedeida
No. 1, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number LN301,
when the aircraft was lost without trace when returning from a
raid on Ciampino airfield near Rome 22 November 1943. Aged 27.
Nativeof Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Mrs.
R. Macleod, of Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia. Panel
11, Column 2. |
| MacLEOD |
Malcolm
George |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot) C/1106, 249 Squadron (Officer Commanding), Royal
Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action
flying out of Krendi, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial
number EP519, when the aircraft was shot down by flak into the
sea when attacking a train southwest of Comiso 11 March 1943.
Aged 25. Native of Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada. Son of Hector
B. and Mary C. MacLeod, of Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada. Panel
10, Column 1. |
| MACONNELL |
Walter
Douglas |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/71384, 204 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of Bathurst, Gambia, in a Short Sunderland I,
serial number L2158, when the aircraft crashed in a forced landing
off Gambia during a convoy escort, five of the crew survived,
17 August 1942. Aged 21. Native of Field, British Columbia, Canada.
Son of Willis E. and Gertrude Maconnell, of Field, British Columbia,
Canada. Panel 5, Column 2. |
| MacPHERSON |
Hugh
Douglas Kingsley |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) R/76677, 416 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying from H.M.S.
Eagle in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number BR308, when
the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 between Pantelleria and
Gozo during a delivery flight from the aircraft carrier H.M.S.
Eagle to Malta 3 June 1942. Aged 22. native of Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada. Son of Norman W. Macpherson, and of Estella
Robertson Macpherson, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Panel 5, Column 2. |
| MacWILLIAMS |
John
Patrick |
Flying
Officer 55426, 4 Ferry Unit, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Died based at Lesi, Italy, 22 February 1945. Aged
24. Native of Inverness. Son of Patrick and Mary MacWilliams;
husband of Charlotte MacWilliams, of Inverness. Panel 18, Column
1. |
| MADDEN |
John
Francis |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 422648,70 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Djedeida No. 1, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial
number LN301, when the aircraft was lost without trace when returning
from a raid on Ciampino airfield near Rome 22 November 1943. Aged
23. Native of Waratah, New South Wales, Australia. Son of George
and Mary Madden; husband of Joan Marie Madden, of Waratah, New
South Wales, Australia. Panel 11, Column 2. |
| MADDISON |
Robert |
Sergeant
1438170, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Marcianese,
Italy, in a Douglas Boston III, serial number AL700, when the
aircraft crashed near Ponza Island during an armed reconnaissance
on roads between Cassino, Rome, Civyavecchia and Avezzano, two
of the crew survived, 14 April 1944. Aged 21. Native of Chain
Bar, Manchester. Son of James Henry and Gertrude Maddison, of
Chain Bar, Manchester. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| MAGGS |
Richard
Webb |
Flight
Sergeant 1315293, 153 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Reghaia, Algeria, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIF, serial number
V8816, when it was assumed that the aircraft ditched about 30
miles north of Cherchell, Algeria, 6 September 1943. Born 27
December 1921. In 1939 he was a Butcher Assisting Parents, son
of Richard and Dorothy Maggs, resident 25, St. James Street,
Mangotsfield, Mangotsfield U.D., Gloucestershire. Panel 7, Column
2.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1944:
MAGGS
Richard Webb of 25 St. James-street Mangotsfield Gloucestershire
died 6 September 1943 on war service Administration Bristol
9 August to Richard William Maggs butcher.
Effects £456 0s. 10d.
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| MAGINNIS |
Arthur
John |
Sergeant
1043842, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Martin Baltimore IIIA, serial number FA189, when the
aircraft was lost without trace during an Anti-Submarine Warfare
patrol 21 July 1943. Aged 26. Native of Wallasey, Cheshire. Son
of Ernest J. and Susan Maginnis, of Wallasey, Cheshire. A.M.I.E.E.
Panel 9, Column 1. |
| MAGRUDER |
Ernest
Pendleton Francis Louis Tarsisius |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 72054, 229 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali,
Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number BP871, when
it was assumed the aircraft had been shot down by an Italian AF
MC202 or a Bf109 over Malta after being scrambled to intercept
an enemy fighter sweep 28 August 1942. Aged 29. Native of U.S.A.
Son of Dr. Ernest Pendleton Magruder, and of Maryel A. Magruder,
M.B.E. (nee MacGregor of MacGregor), of Perth. B.Sc. (Lond.).
Panel 2, Column 1. |
| MAGUIRE |
James
Frankish |
Flight
Lieutenant J/4525, 37 (R.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed while flying as a passenger
out of Abu Sueir, Egypt, in a Short S30, serial number G-AFCZ,
when the aircraft crashed off Senegal due to an engine failure
and fire during a transit flight from Bathurst, Gambia to the
United Kingdom carrying tour-expired aircrew 14 September 1942.
Aged 22. Native of Colonsay, Saskatchewan, Canada. Panel 4 Column
1. |
| MAHEU |
Francois
Gabriel |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Air Gunner) R/55910, 425 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Zina, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
MS496, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on Messina, Sicily, 29 June 1943. Aged 21. Native of Montreal,
Province of Quebec, Canada. Son of Maurice Maheu, and of Violet
Griffith Maheu, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. Panel
10, Column 2. |
| MAIN |
Basil
William |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 109894, 126 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane IIA, serial number
BV167, when the aircraft was shot down into sea by a Bf109 when
intercepting an enemy air raid on Ta Kali, Malta, 4 February 1942.
Panel 3, Column 1. |
| MALCOLM-JONES |
Denis
Henry |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1801355, 37 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Tortorella, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
ME989, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on marshalling yards at Ferrara northeast of Bologna, Italy, 3
September 1944. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| MALLEY |
William
Edward |
Sergeant
993015, Mediterranean & Middle East AHQ, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying
out of Cairo, Egypt, in a Avro LAncaster I, serial number PD383,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a trooping flight
off Corsica in bad weather while en route from Italy to United
Kingdom in a 300 Squadron aircraft 5 November 1945. Aged 30. Native
of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. Son of the Revd. Augustus Malley,
Th.L., and Annie Elizabeth Malley, of Hemel Hempstead Vicarage,
Hertfordshire; husband of Margaret Malley, of Lisburn, Co. Antrim,
Northern Ireland. Mentioned in Despatches (Mid). Panel 18, Column
2. See also Boxmoor
Memorial, Hertfordshire |
| MALLINSON |
James
Robin |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1289028, 242 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Bone, Algeria, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number
ER592, when his aircraft was shot down by a fighter when intercepting
an enemy air raid on Bone Harbour, Algeria, 2 January 1943. Aged
22. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal (D.F.M.). Native of
Halstead, Kent. Son of Lionel and Winifred Mallinson, of Halstead,
Kent. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| MALTBY |
John
Francis Edgar |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1165274, 126 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane IIC, when it was assumed
the aircraft had been shot down by an Italian AF MC200 after intercepting
an enemy fighter sweep off Malta 26 August 1941. Aged 19. Native
of Little Hallam, Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Son of Bernard Waitman
Maltby and Lily May Maltby, of Little Hallam, Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
Panel 2, Column 1. |
| MANG |
Ronald
Franz |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) J/17769, 424 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Pavillier,
Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, seerial number HE963, when
the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Messina,
Sicily, 13 July 1943. Native of Cut Knife, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Panel 10, Column 2. |
| MANGION |
Charles
Andrew |
Sergeant
776880, 70 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Gardabia
West, Libya, in a Vickers Wellington III, serial number HZ150,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Tunis,
believed to have been shot down near the target, 8 May 1943. Aged
20. Native of Msida, Malta. Son of Charles and Rosario Mangion,
of Msida, Malta G C. Panel 9, Column 1. |
| MANTOSH |
Gilbert
Stephen |
Corporal
1286539, 15076 Air Ministry Experimental Station (A.M.E.S.), Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action at sea while in transit aboard LST305 when the
landing ship LST 305 was lost when torpedoed by the U-Boat U-230
off Anzio, Italy, 20 February 1944. Panel 15, Column 2. |
| MARCH |
Richard
Bernard James |
Sergeant
1268970, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Died based as Kairouan West, Tunisia,
25 October 1943. Aged 22. Native Lower Edmonton, Middlesex. Son
of Richard and Emily March, Lower Edmonton, Middlesex. Panel 9,
Column 1. |
| MARGISON |
Douglas
Millen |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) J/25210, 37 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Tortorella,
Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HZ814, when the
aiurcraft crashed into the Ariatic Sea when returning from a raid
on an oil refinery at Campina, Romania with battle damage 6 May
1944. Aged 21. Native of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Panel 15, Column 2. |
| MARINOVICH |
Ivan |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) NZ413103, 200 Squadron, Royal New Zealand
Air Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying
out of Yundum, Gambia, in a Consolidated Liberator GRV, serial
number BZ832, when the aircraft was shot down by return fire during
a successful attack on the U-boat U-468 about 240 miles southwest
of Dakar, Senegal, 11 August 1943. Aged 26. Native of Oratia,
Auckland, New Zealand. Son of Lovre Marinovich and of Mary Marinovich
(nee Rosandich), of Oratia, Auckland, New Zealand. Panel 12, Column
1. |
| MARKETO |
Miro
Peter |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 428729, 150 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Cerignola No. 3, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
LN515, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on an aircraft factory at Mariibor, Yugoslavia when severe icing
conditions were encountered on the raid 23 January 1944. Aged
20. Native of Young, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Nicholas
Sanderlich Bernardo Marketo and Frances Marketo, of Young, New
South Wales, Australia. Panel 16, Column 2. |
| MARKEY |
John
Reginald |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 403429, 458 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Bone
det to Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington XIII, when the aircraft
ditched about 60 mmiles east of Catania, Sicily due to an engine
fire during a night Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol, two of the
crew survived, 23 January 1944. Aged 31. Native of East Maitland,
New South Wales, Australia. Son of Leslie George Swift Markey
and Annie Grace Markey, of East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.
Panel 16, Column 1. |
| MARPLES |
Frank
Ronald |
Sergeant
(Air Bomber) 1378821, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Blida, Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington III, when the aircraft
was lost without trace during a raid on the docks at Bizerta,
Tunisia, possibly shot down near the target, 23 February 1943.
Aged 29. Native of Scarborough, Yorkshire. Son of Frank and Laura
Marples; husband of Emily May Patricia Marples, of Scarborough,
Yorkshire. Panel 9, Column 1. |
| MARSH |
Ernest
Hugh Strathearn |
Sergeant
1365817, 210 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Pembroke
Dock, Pembrokeshire, in a Consolidated Catalina IB, serial number
FP154, when the aircraft stalled and crashed into the sea off
Sagres, Portugal when avoiding the ground in mist during a convoy
escort in the Cape St Vincent area 22 March 1943. Aged 31. Native
of Crieff, Perthshire. Son of Arthur George and Elizabeth Crawford
Marsh, of Crieff, Perthshire. Panel 9, Column 1. |
| MARSH |
Walter
William |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Bomber) 1319198, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial
number HF763, when the aircraft was lost without trace during
an attack on enemy forces on the beaches at Messina, Sicily, 7
August 1943. Aged 29. Native of Croydon, Surrey. Son of Walter
George and Ivy Eveline Marsh; husband of Betty Marsh, of Croydon,
Surrey. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| MARSHALL |
Abraham |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1040912, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number HF834,
when the aircraft was lost during a raid on Bizerte docks, one
of the crew survived and was captured, 7 December 1942. Aged 30.
native of Rochdale, Lancashire. Son of John and Edith Marshall,
of Rochdale, Lancashire. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| MARSHALL |
John
Carlton Wesley |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 1318746, 153 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Reghaia, Algeria, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIF, serial
number V8872, when the aircraft was shot down by a Ju88 about
35 miles northwest of Algiers, 8 March 1944. Aged 32. Native of
Chelmsford, Essex. Son of Albert and Constance Marshall; husband
of Ruby Mabel Marshall, of Chelmsford, Essex. Panel 14, Column
1. |
| MARSHALL |
Richard
Sampson Orlebar |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot) 402244, 39 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Bristol Beaufort IIA, serial number DD899, when the
aircraft crashed into the sea just off Malta, probably due to
an engine failure, during an anti-shipping strike to Cap San Vito,
a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner survived 3 March 1943. Aged 24.
Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.). Native of Moree,
New South Wales, Australia. Son of Frank Rupert and Ivy Maud Marshall,
of Moree, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 11, Column 1. |
| MARSHALL |
William
Charles |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 920238, 18 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Belnheim IV,
serial number Z7796, when the aircraft was assumed to have been
shot down by a Bf109 during an anti-shipping patrol 26 December
1941. Aged 27. Native of Luton, Bedfordshire. Son of Charles William
and Ethel Elizabeth Marshall, of Luton, Bedfordshire. Panel 2,
Column 1. See also Luton
WW2 and Vauxhall
Motors |
| MARSLAND |
Kenneth |
Flying
Officer 127310, 424 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Pavillier, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HE273, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on Messina, Sicily, 29 June 1943. Aged 22. Native of Orpington,
Kent. Son of Harry and Maud Marsland; husband of Marie Winifred
Marsland, of Orpington, Kent. Panel 6, Column 2. |
| MARTIN |
Fred
Scott |
Warrant
Officer Class I (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/121334, 293 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of Pomigliano, Italy, in a Vickers Warwick I,
serial number BV446, when the aircraft was lost during an Air-Sea
Rescue search 40 miles of Ponza Island, Italy, 24 September 1944.
Aged 24. Native of Oyen, Alberta, Canada. Son of Stanley and Ruby
Martin, of Oyen, Alberta, Canada. Panel 16, Column 2. |
| MARTIN |
Hugh
Macdonald |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) R/56412, 13 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Canrobert, Algeria, in a Bristol Blenheim V, serial number
BA785, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on Bizerte docks, Tunisia, 18 December 1942. Aged 21. Native of
Montreal, Province of Quenec, Canada. Panel 5, Column 2. |
| MARTIN |
Irwin
Andrew |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) R/128247, 424 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Hani
East, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE795,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Formia,
Italy, 2 October 1943. Aged 20. Nativeof Herschel, Saskatchewan,
Canada. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Martin, of Herschel, Saskatchewan,
Canada. Panel 11, Column 2. |
| MARTIN |
Robert
William |
Warrant
Officer Class II 542796V, 26 Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of
Takoradi, Gold Coast, in a Vickers Wellington XI, serial number HZ525,
when it ditched following an engine failure, the pilot survived,
4 March 1944. Panel 17, Column 2. |
| MARTIN |
Ronald
Brown |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 123139, 1435 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number
EP833, when the aircraft was shot down by flak near the target
during an escort for USAAF B-24s on a raid on Catania, Sicily,
11 May 1943. Aged 26. Native of Jamaica, British West Indies.
Son of Sidney A. and Miriam Martin, of Jamaica, British West Indies.
Rhodes Scholar and Blue for Athletics, Oxford. Panel 6, Column
2. |
| MARVIN |
Robert
Patrick |
Pilot
Officer 189213, 500 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Died based at Cesenatico, Italy,
1 April 1945. Aged 21. Native of Beeston, Nottinghamshire. Son
of Robert and Alice Eleanor Marvin, of Beeston, Nottinghamshire.
Panel 18, Column 1. |
| MATHER |
Christopher |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 1016805, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Shallufa, Egypt det Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufort
IA, serial number DW802, when the aircraft was lost during a mine
laying sortie off La Goulette just east of Tunis, the rest of
the crew survived, 6 January 1943. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| MATHERS |
Michael
James |
Warrant
Officer (Pilot) 410072, 43 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Ravenna,
Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire IX, serial number EN296, when
the aircraft was shot down by flak near Lake Comacchio when outbound
on a dive-bombing sortie, the aircraft's bomb exploded during
a forced landing 21 February 1945. Aged 24. Native of Essendon,
Victoria, Australia. Son of William John and Mary Gertrude Mathers,
of Essendon, Victoria, Australia. Panel 19, Column 2. |
| MATHEWS |
William
Hooker |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/8424, 69 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number HF883. when
the aircraft was lost without trace during a reconnaissance sortie
to the Punta Stilo area of Calabria, Italy, 10 November 1942.
Aged 26. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.). Native
of Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. Son of William H. and Sonia
B. Mathews, of Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. Panel 4, Column
1. |
| MATHIAS |
John
Owen |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 116393, 114 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Blida, Algeria, in a Bristol Belnheim V, serial number
BA799, when the aircraft was lost without trace when outbound
on a raid on Sidi Ahmed airfield near Bizerta, Tunisia, 23 November
1942. Aged 25. Native of Clapham, London. Son of the Revd. Daniel
Mathias, B.A., and Eleanor Mathias; husband of Muriel Constance
Mathias, of Clapham, London. Panel 3, Column 1. |
| MATHIAS |
Walter
Bertram |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 132878, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX,
serial number LZ494, when the aircraft was lost during a shipping
strike off Cap Leucate north of Perpignan, France, 27 March 1944.
Aged 21. Native of Ystalyfera, Glamorganshire. Son of William
Arthur and Mabel Emma Gertrude Mathias, of Ystalyfera, Glamorgan.
Panel 13, Column 2. |
| MATHIESON |
John
Michael |
Lieutenant
(Pilot) 329224V, 17 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Alghero,
Sardinia, Italy, in a Lockheed Ventura GRV, serial number FP662. when his
aircraft was lost during a shipping sweep between Genoa and Viareggio
between 5 August 1944 and 6 August 1944. Aged 21. Native of Bryanston,
Transvaal, South Africa. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. C. Mathieson,
of Bryanston, Transvaal, South Africa. Panel 17, Column 1. |
| MATTHEWS |
Alfred |
Flight
Sergeant 1319962, 34 (S.A.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Celone, Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial
number EW207, when the aircraft was lost without trace during
a raid on the Verona marshalling yards in northern Italy 3 March
1945. Native of Edinburgh. Panel 18, Column 2. |
| MAURICE |
Cyril |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1132275, 23 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a de Havilland Mosquito II, serial number DZ710,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a night fighter
patrol to the west of Sicily, possibly shot down by flak 26 April
1943. Panel 9, Column 1. |
| MAWER |
John |
Sergeant
988997, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Foggia
Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number MF238, when
the aircraft was lost near the target during a raid on Portoferraio
on the Isle of Elba, Italy, two of the crew survived and were
rescued, 13 May 1944. Aged 23. Native of Darlington, Co. Durham.
Son of Harry and Clarissa Mawer; husband of Ivy Doreen Mawer,
of Darlington, Co. Durham. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| MAX |
Nathan |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1399578, 178 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Celone, Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial
number EV812, when the aircraft crashed into the sea just off
the Italian coast during a raid on Plovdiv, Bulgaria, believed
to have been returning with a technical problem, 19 March 1944.
Panel 15, Column 1. |
| MAXTON |
Geoffrey
Leo |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 46022, 210 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Pembroke
Dock, Pembrokeshire, in a Consolidaqted Catalina I, serial number
W8416, when the aircraft was lost without trace during an escort
for shipping off the coast of Morocco 11 November 1942. Aged 23.
Native of Warminster, Wiltshire. Son of Group Captain Leo G. Maxton,
A.F.C., R.A.F., and Mrs. Maxton, of Warminster, Wiltshire. B.A.
(Oxon.). Panel 2, Column 1. |
| MAY |
Peter
Rodriguez |
Wing
Commander 28048, 296 Squadron (Commanding Officer), Royal Air
Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Goubrine II, Tunisia, in a Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle
GTI, serial number P1446, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during Operation Chestnut to drop SAS troops over Sicily as part
of Operation Husky 13 July 1943. Aged 35. Awarded the Air Force
Cross (A.F.C.), Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.)(U.S.A.). Native
of Parkstone, Dorsetshire. Son of John Johnstone May, and of Christiana
Brix May, of Parkstone, Dorsetshire; husband of Doreen May. Previously
served in the Chinese Air Force (awarded gold medal). Panel 6,
Column 1. See also Little
Wilbraham, St John, Cambridgeshire |
| MAYBERRY |
Clement
Campbell |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 401386, 204 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Bathurst, Gambia, in a Short Sunderland III, serial number
DV974, when the aircraft flew into the water during when attempting
to overshoot from a night landing at Bathurst and somersaulted,
seven of the crew survived, 1 October 1943. Aged 31. Native of
Allambee, Victoria, Australia. Son of George Campbell Mayberry
and Lilian Elizabeth Mayberry; husband of Barbara Mary Mayberry,
of Allambee, Victoria, Australia. Panel 11, Column 1. |
| MAYBERRY |
Ronald
Maxford |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/92519, 221 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington IC,
serial number HX727, when it was assumed that the aircraft had
been lost off Cape Passero, Sicily during an armed reconnaissance
searching for shipping between Sardinia and Southern Italy 10
April 1943. Aged 21. Native of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Mayberry, of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.
Panel 10, Column 2. |
| MAYER |
Harry
Edward |
Warrant
Officer Class I (Pilot) R/92088, 424 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Pavillier, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HE272, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on Messina, Sicily, 29 June 1943. Aged 21. Native of Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada. Son of Herbert E. Mayer, and of Kate
I. Mayer, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Panel 10, Column
2. |
| MAYERS |
Arthur
Leslie |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 185925, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Foggia Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
MF458, when the aircraft was shot down by flak during a minelaying
sortie to the Danube, exploded during an attempted ditching, 5
October 1944. Panel 13, Column 2. |
| MAYHEW |
Garnet
Charles |
Warrant
Officer Class I (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 336576V, 26 Squadron,
South African Air Force. Country of service South Africa. Killed
in action flying out of Takoradi, Gold Coast, in a Vickers Wellington
XI, serial number MP681, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during a patrol 10 March 1945. Aged 21. Native of Riviera, Pretoria,
Transvaal, South Africa. Son of Oliver J. Mayhew, and of Constance
E. Mayhew, of Riviera, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Panel
19, Column 2. |
| MAYNARD |
Anthony
Richard Hutton |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 117995, 185 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Hal Far, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number
EP696, when the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 into the sea
about 25 miles southwest of Pachino, Sicily, 22 November 1942.
Aged 22. Native of Ebberston, Yorkshire. Son of Richard de Kirklavington
Maynard and Susan B. Maynard, of Ebberston, Yorkshire. Panel 3,
Column 1. |
| McADAM |
James |
Sergeant
1065235, 420 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United
Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Zina, Tunisia, in a Vickers
Wellington X, serial number HF459. when the aircraft was lost
without trace during a raid on Capo Peloro on the extreme northeastern
tip of Sicily 13 August 1943. Aged 31. Native of Eastham, Cheshire.
Son of James and Elizabeth Ann McAdam, of Eastham, Cheshire. Panel
9, Column 1. |
| McALLISTER |
William |
Leading
Aircraftman 1105130, 3 Phd, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying in a Handley
Page Lancaster I, serial number PD383, when the aircraft was lost
without trace during a trooping flight off Corsica in bad weather
while en route from Italy to United Kingdom in a 300 Squadron
aircraft 5 November 1945. Native of Glasgow. Panel 19, Column
2. |
| McATEER |
John
Gilmore |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1143473, 243 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Souk el Khemis, Tunisia, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial
number ER851, when the aircraft was shot down by a FW190 near
Kairouan when returning from an escort for a tactical reconnaissance
sortie 3 February 1943. Aged 26. Native of Glasgow & Llandudno,
Caernarvonshire. Son of James B. and Margaret McAteer; husband
of Mary McAteer, of Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. Panel 9, Column
1. |
| McCAFFERTY |
Ronald |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1622218, 6 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Foggia, Italy, in a Hawker Hurricane IV, serial number KX804,
when his aircraft was shot down by flak in the Planninski Channel,
Croatia when attacking Siebel ferries 7 July 1944. Aged 21. Native
of Hatton Heath, Chester, Cheshire. Son of William McCafferty,
and of Alice McCafferty, of Hatton Heath, Chester. Panel 15, Column
1. See also Kimbolton,
Huntingdonshire |
| McCAIG |
Archibald
Arnold |
Warrant
Officer Class I (Air Gunner) R/132964, 148 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Brindisi, Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number
JP284. when the aircraft was shot down by flak north of Berat
during a Special Operation supply drop to Albania, five of the
crew survived, 29 June 1944. Aged 24. Native of Ormstown, Province
of Quebec, Canada. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie McCaig, of Ormstown,
Province of Quebec, Canada; husband of Nina McCaig, of Toronto,
Ontario. Panel 16, Column 2. |
| McCALL |
Vallance |
[Listed
as incorrectly listed as Wallace McCALL on service details and
GRO details] Flight Sergeant 1348808, 40 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Foggia Main, Italy, in a Vickers
Wellington X, serial number MF458, when the aircraft was shot
down by flak during a minelaying sortie to the Danube, exploded
during an attempted ditching 5 October 1944. Native of Newarthill,
Lanarkshire. Panel 14, Column 1.
Extract
from Wishaw Press - Friday 13 October 1944, page 4:
AIRMAN
REPORTED MISSING
Mrs McCall, 9 Knowenoble Street, Cleland, has received notification
that her youngest son Flight-Sergeant Vallance McCall, R.A.F.,
is reported missing as a result of operations. He is 27 years
of age, unmarried, and has been fully three years in the service.
He received his training in this country and in South Africa
and has been in many operations as a navigator. Prior to enlistment
he was in Berwickshire Constabulary and was stationed at Duns.
He was a pupil of Dalziel High School and latterly of Wishaw
High School. It is hoped that better news may yet come to
hand.
|
| McCALMAN |
Ian
Russell |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 400418, 40 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Country
of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta,
in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number X9763, when the aircraft
was shot down by Italian AF Fiat CR42CN night fighter during a
raid on Castel Benito airfield near Tripoli, Libya, 2 November
1941. Aged 20. Native of Caulfield, Victoria, Australia. Son of
Duncan and Ethel Alice McCalman, of Caulfield, Victoria, Australia.
Panel 2, Column 1. |
| McCARDLE |
Michael |
Lieutenant
(Pilot) 79781V, 249 (R.A.F.) Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of
Foggia Main, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number JK532, when
his aircraft was shot down by flak just off Durazzo when returning
from a ground attack sortie to Albania, baled out over the sea
but could not be recovered 30 March 1944. Aged 22. Native of Johannesburg,
Transvaal, South Africa. Son of Frank and Amy McCardle, of Dunkeld,
Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Panel 17, Column 1. |
| McCARTHY |
Charles
Leslie |
Flight
Sergeant 656857, 162 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Benina, Libya,
in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number DV931, when the aircraft
was lost without trace during a signals intelligence sortie over
Sicily 18 May 1943. Aged 30. Native of Wallasey, Cheshire. Son
of Denis and Jane McCarthy, of Wallasey, Cheshire. Panel 7, Column
2. |
| McCARTHY |
Vincent
Alwyn |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 420029, 682 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of San
Severo, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire PRIV, serial number BR430,
when the aircraft was lost without trace when returning from a
photo reconnaissance sortie to Candia and Piraeus, Greece, probably
encountered strong headwinds, 14 February 1944. Aged 21. Native
of Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
B. McCarthy, of Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 16,
Column 2. |
| McCARTHY |
Winston
Francis |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) J/15144, 126 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali,
Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number BP844, when
the aircraft was shot down into the sea by a Bf109 when intercepting
an enemy air raid on Malta 2 April 1942. Aged 26. Native of Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada. Son of Daniel L. and Maude McCarthy, of Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada. Panel 4, Column 2. |
| McCLUNG |
William
Ross |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/23843, 600 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Marcianese,
Italy, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIF, serial number V8672, when
the aircraft was lost 15 miles west of Anzio, Italy, during a
patrol 27 April 1944. Aged 21. Native of Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada. Son of Hugh Ross McClung and Dorothy Kate McClung, of
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Panel 15, Column 2. |
| McCOMBIE |
Herbert
Kitchener |
Aircraftman
1st Class (Wireless Operator) 981773, 95 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in
action flying out of Jui, Sierra Leone, in a Short Sunderland
I, serial number L5805, when the aircraft was lost without trace
off Freetown, Sierra Leone during a night escort sortie for convoy
WS19Q 11 June 1942. Aged 26. Native of Kinellar, Aberdeenshire.
Son of William and Jane McCombie, of Kinellar, Aberdeenshire.
Panel 4, Column 2. |
| McCONECHY |
Donald
Hyatt |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/98941, 458 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington
XI, serial number MP629, when the aircraft was shot between Palau,
Sardinia, and La Maddalena Island, Corsica, during a sea search
over the Straits of Bonifacio 13 July 1943. Aged 20. Native of
Paddockwood, Saskatchewan, Canada. Son of William H. and Ruth
McConechy, of Paddockwood, Saskatchewan, Canada. Panel 10, Column
2. |
| McCONNELL |
Jack
Nock |
Sergeant
(Pilot) NZ405293, 601 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force. Country
of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta,
in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number BR306, when the aircraft
was shot down into the sea west of Malta by an Italian AF MC202
during a convoy patrol in support of Force X 15 June 1942. Aged
21. Native of Gisborne, Auckland, New Zealand. Son of Thomas and
Irene Nelly McConnell, of Gisborne, Auckland, New Zealand. Panel
5, Column 2. |
| McCORKELL |
Edwin
Albert |
Flying
Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) J/11132, 458 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington
XI, serial number MP631, when the aircraft was lost without trace
after spotting an enemy ship during an armed reconnaissance to
the northeast coast of Sardinia 15 July 1943. Aged 23. Native
of Wakefield, Province of Quebec, Canada. Son of Crawford and
Elizabeth McCorkell, of Wakefield, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Panel 10. Column 1. |
| McCORMICK |
Albert
Edward |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) NZ39069, 36 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying out of
Reghaia, Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington XIV, serial number HF247,
when the aircraft flew into the water during a Leigh Light run
over a suspected target during an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol,
three of the crew survived, 27 August 1944. Aged 29. Native of
Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand. Son of Edward and Mary Jane
McCormick, of Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand. Panel 17, Column
2. |
| McCORMICK |
Robert
William |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator) 1494970, 148 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Brindisi, Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number
JP239, when the aircraft crashed into the sea north of Corsica
following an engine fire when returning from a Special Operations
drop in northern Italy, one crew member survived, 30 July 1944.
Panel 15, Column 1. |
| McCOY |
Lacombe
Alphonsus |
Pilot
Officer (Navigator) 130839, 51 Operational Training Unit, Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed while flying out of Cranfield, Bedfordshire, in a de Havilland
Mosquito II, serial number DZ703. when the aircraft was lost without
trace during a ferry flight from the United Kingdom to Malta on
behalf of 1 Overseas Aircraft Ddelivery Unit (O.A.D.U.) 11 April
1943. Native of Dominica, British West Indies. Panel 7, Column
1. |
| McCREA |
Mervyn
Frederick |
Sergeant
979398, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Martin Baltimore I, serial number AG697, when the
aircraft was lost without trace during an Air-Sea Rescue search
for a missing Beaufort 25 August 1942. Aged 21. Native of Clogher,
Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Son of John F. and Caroline E. McCrea,
of Clogher, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| McDERMOTT |
Leonard
Brian |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 413011, 92 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Marcianese,
Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire, serial number JF585, when he
baled out 6 miles south of Gaeta Point northwest of Naples, Italy
due to engine failure during a patrol, not seen to get into his
dinghy, 24 January 1944. Aged 28. Native of East Brunswick, Victoria,
Australia. Son of Felix Peter and Elizabeth Jane McDermott, of
East Brunswick, Victoria, Australia. Panel 16, Column 1. |
| McDOUGALL |
Lawrence
John |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) J/16621, 1435 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Supermarine pitfire VB, serial number EP717, when
his aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 into the sea 6 miles south
of Comiso, Sicily during a sweep 3 March 1943. Aged 21. Native
of Avonlea, Saskatchewan, Canada. Panel 10, Column 2. |
| McDOWALL |
Hugh
John |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1052260, 249 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane IIB, serial number Z4016,
when the aircraft was shot down into sea by a Bf109 when intercepting
an enemy air raid on Ta Kali, Malta, 8 February 1942. Aged 21.
Native of Manchester. Son of Hugh John and Annie McDowall, of
Manchester. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| McFADYEAN |
Gordon
John |
Flight
Sergeant (Observer) 1385941, 48 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying
out of Gibraltar in a Lockheed Hudson VI, serial number FK398,
when the aircraft crashed into the sea 16 miles east of Gibraltar
during a rocket firing exercise 23 October 1943. Aged 21. Native
of Rockcliffe, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of Kenneth and Elsie McFadyean,
of Rockcliffe, Kirkcudbrightshire. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| McGARRY |
John
Patrick |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1344057, 70 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Temmar, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington III, serial number
HZ174, when the aircraft was shot down into the sea between Palau
and La Maddalena, Sardinia during a raid on Olcia 3 July 1943.
Aged 22. Awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (C.G.M.). Native
of Southampton, Hampshire. Son of Francis James McGarry and Lily
McGarry, of Southampton. Panel 9, Column 1. |
| McGAW |
Charles
Alexander |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 42414, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Gerbini,
Sicily, Italy, in a Douglas Boston when the aicraft ditched in
the sea near Messina, Sicily due to an engine failure when retuirning
to base from a raid due to bad weather 1 October 1943. Aged 27.
Native of Paisley, Renfrewshire. Son of William and Agnes McGaw;
husband of Margaret Turner McGaw, of Paisley, Renfrewshire. Panel
6. Column 1. |
| McGILL |
Robert
Smith |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) J/25551, 104 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Foggia Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
MF238, when the aircraft was lost near the target during a raid
on Portoferraio on the Isle of Elba, Italy, two of the crew
survived and were rescued, 13 May 1944. Aged 21. Native of Paisley,
Ontario, Canada. Son of Richard J. and Annie McGill, of Paisley,
Ontario, Canada. Panel 15, Column 2.
|
| McGILVRAY |
George
Alphonsus |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 420980, 179 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Gibraltar
in a Vickers Wellington XIV, serial number HF194, when the aircraft
was lost without trace during an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol
between Gibraltar and Cape St Vincent, Portugal, on the crew's
first operation 17 January 1944. Aged 27. Native of Goulburn,
New South Wales, Australia. Son of George Alexander McGilvray
and Charlotte McGilvray, of Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia.
Panel 16, Column 2. |
| McGINNIS |
Allistair
Walter |
Warrant
Officer 1344410, 13 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Cecina, Italy, in a Martin Baltimore V, serial number FW342,
when the aircraft was lost during a sweep between Genoa and Turin,
believed to have been shot down by flak near Pinerolo, two of
the crew survived, 20 August 1944. Awarded the George Medal (G.M.).
Native of Edinburgh. Panel 13, Column 2. |
| McILRATH |
Stanley
James |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) R/112735, 425 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Zina,
Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number MS496. when
the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Messina,
Sicily, 30 June 1943. Native of Whitechurch, Ontario, Canada.
Son of James J. and Fanny McIlrath, of Whitechurch, Ontario, Canada.
Panel 11, Column 2. |
| McINTYRE |
Ian |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) J/9683, 39 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Protville
II, Tunisia, in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX, serial number JM408.
when the aircraft was shot down by a fighter during a torpedo
attack on a convoy off the east coast of Sardinia 11 July 1943.
Native of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Panel 10, Column
1. |
| McKAY |
Lindsay |
Pilot
Officer (Navigator) 407903, 458 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington XI, serial number
MP700, when the aircraft dicthed east of Sardinia due to an engine
failure during a shipping reconnaissance over the Tyrrhenian Sea,
one of the crew survived 8 days in a dinghy, 5 August 1943. Aged
21. Native of Glanville Blocks, South Australia. Son of Bertram
Corrie McKay and Emily McKay, of Glanville Blocks, South Australia.
Panel 11, Column 1. |
| McKEE |
Peter |
Warrant
Officer 1057959, 614 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Amendola, Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number
JP232, when the aircraft was lost during a raid on Szombathely
airfield, Hungary, 20 October 1944. Aged 31. Native of Cowdenbeath,
Fife. Son of Patrick and Catherine McKee, of Cowdenbeath, Fife.
Panel 13, Column 2. |
| McKELL |
David
Alcorn |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 400061, 69 Squadron, Royal Australian
Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Martin Maryland I, serial number BJ427,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a reconnaissance
sortie over the sea to the southeast of Messina, Sicily, 24 November
1941. Aged 24. Native of North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Son of Norman Alcorn McKell, and of Irene Annie McKell, of North
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 2, Column 2. |
| McKENDRICK |
Fletcher |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 403201, 500 Squadron, Royal Australian
Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying
out of Gibraltar det to Tafaraoui, Algeria, in a Lockheed Hudson
V, serial number AM689, when it was assumed that the aircraft
had been shot down by flak when attacking a U-boat between Sardinia
and Majorca 27 December 1942. Aged 24. Native of Bondi, New South
Wales, Australia. Son of Tom Reid McKendrick and Annie McKendrick,
of Bondi, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 5, Column 2. |
| McKENZIE |
Alexander
George |
Sergeant
1560830, 70 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Tortorella,
Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial number KK354, when
the aircraft was shot down by flak over Trieste 6 March 1945.
Aged 21. Native of Cove Bay, Kincardineshire. Son of George and
Barbara Moir McKenzie, of Cove Bay, Kincardineshire. Panel 18,
Column 2. |
| McKENZIE |
David |
Sergeant
655434, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United
Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol
Beaufort IIA, serial number DD928, when the aircraft was shot
down by flak during a torpedo attack on an Italian convoy off
Cape San Vito, Sicily, 12 March 1943. Native of Leith, Edinburgh.
Son of William McKenzie, and of Joan C. M. McKenzie, of Leith,
Edinburgh. Panel 9, Column 1. |
| McKEOWN |
Walter
William |
Warrant
Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1316530, 14 Squadron, Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a
Martin B-26B Marauder (aircraft borrowed from the USAAF), serial
number 41-18017, when the aircraft was lost without trace during
a low-level coastal recce over the Adriatic Sea 1 July 1944. Panel
13, Column 2. |
| McKIM |
Arnold
Doyle |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) R/81031, 162 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Benina,
Libya, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number DV931, when the
aircraft was lost without trace during a signals intelligence
sortie over Sicily 18 May 1943. Aged 21. Born 12 March 1916 (does
not tally with age given on air force records). Native of Penticton,
British Columbia, Canada. Son of John J. McKim, of 1736 North
Hampshire Road, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; husband of
Lily Doreen McKim with two sons, resident Tourist Hotel, Okanagan
Landing, British Columbia, Canada, married 3 July 1939 in New
Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. Civil occupation Radio
Mechanic - Repairs. Panel 11, Column 2. Canadian
National Archives records |
| McKIM |
Eric |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1084515, 210 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, in a Consolidated catalina IB,
serial number FP154, when the aircraft stalled and crashed into
the sea off Sagres, Portugal, when avoiding the ground in mist
during a convoy escort in the Cape St Vincent area 22 March 1943.
Son of Donald Walter McKim and of Mary Louise McKim (nee Franklin).
Panel 9, Column 1. |
| McKIRGIN |
Kenneth |
Sergeant
1549630, 114 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Falconara,
Italy, in a Douglas Boston, 24 February 1945. Aged 24. Native
of Birkenhead, Cheshire. Son of Margaret E. McKirgin, and stepson
of Charles E. Wilson, of Birkenhead. Panel 18, Column 2. |
| McLAREN |
Alan |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1322232, 683 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of San Severo, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire PRXI, serial
number EN657, when the aircraft was lost without trace during
a photo reconnaissance sortie to Udine, Italy, 18 August 1944.
Aged 23. Son of Ernest and Lily McLaren, of Seven Kings, Ilford,
Essex. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| McLAREN |
Douglas
Brian |
Sergeant
(Observer) 1000530, 21 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number Z7431,
when the aircraft was shot down by flak during an attack on enemy
ships near the Kerkenna Islands, Tunisia while on an anti-shipping
patrol 14 January 1942. Native of Prestwick, Ayrshire. Panel 14,
Column 1. |
| McLAUCHLAN |
Douglas
Haig |
Flying
Officer (Air Bomber) 134676, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X (aircraft
on loan from 150 Squadron), serial number HE951, when the aircraft
was lost without trace during a raid on Torre Annunziata near
Pompeii, Italy, 29 August 1943. Aged 24. Native of Aberdour, Fife.
Son of John and Agnes McLauchlan, of Aberdour, Fife. Panel 6,
Column 2. |
| McLEAN |
Ronald |
Sergeant
1117280, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Bristol beaufort II, serial number AW284, when the
aircraft was lost without trace during a mine laying sortie to
Bizerte Harbour, Tunisia, 30 November 1942. Aged 30. Native of
Tomnavoulin, Banffshire. Son of Donald and Elizabeth M. B. McLean,
of Tomnavoulin, Banffshire. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| McLELLAN |
William
Robert |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) R/113865, 511 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Lyneham, Wiltshire, in a Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle GTI,
serial number P1433, when the aircraft was lost without trace,
presumed to have ditched 100 miles off the southwest coast of
Spain during a transit flight from Gibraltar to the United Kingdom
10 August 1943. Aged 23. Son of Vaughan B. McLellan, and of Eleanor
I. McLellan, of Middle Coverdale, New Brunswick, Canada. Panel
11, Column 2. |
| McLELLAND |
Hugh |
Leading
Aircraftman 616432, Royal Air Force. Country of service United
Kingdom. Killed in action at sea aboard MV Dumana when lost in
the Port Etienne flying boat tender MV Dumana which was torpedoed
by the U-Boat U-515 70 miles southwest of Sassandra, Ivory Coast,
24 December 1943. Aged 32. Native of Glasgow. Son of John and
Jean McLelland, of Glasgow. Panel 9, Column 2. |
| McLENAGHAN |
Stephan |
[Listed
as Stephen on some records] Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1046514, 14
Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Alghero, Sardinia,
Italy, in a Martin Marauder I, serial number FK120, when the aircraft
was lost without trace during an anti-shipping strike off the
coast of Southern France 7 May 1944. Aged 22. Native of Liverpool.
Son of Arthur and Agnes McLenaghan, of Liverpool. Panel 15, Column
1. |
| McLEOD |
Allison
Frederick Weeks |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/72864, 458 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of Shallufa, Egypt, in a Vickers Wellington
VIII, serial number lB134, when the aircraft was lost without
trace during a shipping strike in the Mediterranean 25 February
1943. Native of Bredalbane, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. John McLeod. Panel 10, Column 2. |
| McLEOD |
Gerald
Francis |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/65208, 107 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number Z7618,
when the aircraft was shot down by flak from a merchant ship during
an attack on a convoy in the Gulf of Sirte off Libya 11 October
1941. Aged 21. Native of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. Panel
2, Column 2. |
| McLEOD |
Matthew
Leonard |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 411916, 185 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force. Country
of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying out of Hal Far,
Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number BR321, when
the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 off Gozo when intercepting
an enemy air raid on Malta 2 August 1942. Aged 21. Native of Island
Bay, Wellington, New Zealand. Son of Matthew Alexander McLeod,
and of Nilsina Catherine Christina McLeod, of Island Bay, Wellington,
New Zealand. Panel 5, Column 2. |
| McLEROTH |
Bertram
Bernard |
Lieutenant
(Pilot) 206907V, 250 (R.A.F.) Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of
Cervia, Italy, in a Curtiss Kittyhawk IV, serial number FX82,
when the aircrfat was shot down by flak near Ferrara 22 April
1945. Panel 19, Column 1. |
| McLEVY |
Alfred |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 809126, 203 Squadron, Royal Air
Force (Auxiliary Air Force). Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of LG 101, Egypt, in a Bristol Blenheim
IV, serial number V6294, when the ircraft was lost without trace
during an anti-shipping patrol between Crete and Libya 19 December
1941. Panel 2, Column 1. |
| McMANUS |
Patrick
Joseph Howard |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) J/18285, 424 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Pavillier,
Tunisia, in a Vicjkers Wellington X, serial number HE272, when
the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Messina,
Sicily, 29 June 1943. Aged 22. Native of North Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Son of Charles and Eva McManus, of North Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Panel 10, Column 2. |
| McNALL |
Burchester |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Pilot) R/79185, 69 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number
HX559, when the aircraft was lost without trace during an anti-shipping
sortie near Sardinia 10 November 1942. Native of Rochester, New
York, USA. Panel 5, Column 1. |
| McNAUGHTON |
George
Eriksen |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 409182, 210 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, in a Consolidated Catalina IB,
serial number FP154, when the aircraft stalled and crashed into
the sea off Sagres, Portugal when avoiding the ground in mist
during a convoy escort in the Cape St Vincent area 22 March 1943.
Aged 25. Native of Caulfield, Victoria, Australia. Son of Ewen
Duncan McNaughton and Emma Sophia Jane McNaughton, of Caulfield,
Victoria, Australia. Panel 11, Column 1. |
| McNEIL |
William
Yule |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) J/19838, 179 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Gibraltar
in a Vickers Wellington XIV, serial number HF194, when the aircraft
was lost without trace during an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol
between Gibraltar and Cape St Vincent, Portugal, on the crew's
first operation 17 January 1944. Native of Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada. Panel 16, Column 1. |
| McNEILL |
Gordon
Mcleod |
Leading
Aircraftman (Air Gunner) 980994, 95 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in
action flying out of Jui, Sierra Leone, in a Short Sunderland
I, serial number L5805, when the aircraft was lost without trace
off Freetown, Sierra Leone during a night escort sortie for convoy
WS19Q 11 June 1942. Aged 23. Native of Edinburgh. Son of David
and Margaret McLeod McNeill, of Edinburgh. Panel 4, Column 2. |
| McSTAY |
James
Warden |
Warrant
Officer 1385244, Mediterranean & Midle East Command Squadron,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed while flying out of Marcianese, Italy, in a Beechcraft
Expeditor II, serial number HB271, when the aircraft was lost
without trace during a transit flight from Rome to Brindisi in
bad weather, probably due to icing, two United Kingdom Members
of Parialment (MPs) also died, 23 January 1945.Native of London.
Panel 18, Column 1. |
| McSWINEY |
Justin
Norman |
Pilot
Officer 155562, 500 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action by friendly
fire flying out of Gibraltar det to Tafaraoui, Algeria, in a Lockheed
Hudson VI, serial number FK401, when the aircraft was shot down
in error by a RAF Beaufighter off Algiers, Algeria, 14 April 1943.
Son of Justin Charles and Alice McSwiney. Panel 7, Column 1. |
| MEDALIE |
Alexander
Morris |
Lieutenant
(Navigator) 581438V, 19 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Biferno,
Italy in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX, serial number NT997, when
his aircraft was shot down unto the sea by flak when attacking
shipping off Senj, Croatia, 10 October 1944. Aged 23. Native of
Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Son of David and Sarah
Medalie, of Parkwood, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Panel
17, Column 1. |
| MEEN |
Neville
James |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1443704, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Flying out of Kairouan West,
Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE266, when
his aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Viterbo airfield,
Italy 16 August 1943. Aged 22. Native of Haddiscoe, Norfolk. Son
of Frederick J. and Rose Meen, of Haddiscoe, Norfolk. Panel 9,
Column 1. See also Haddiscoe,
Norfolk |
| MENARY |
James
Howard |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 62689, Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit, Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying from H.M.S. Eagle in a Supermarine Spitfire
VC, serial number BR322, when the aircraft was shot down by a
Bf109 between Pantelleria and Gozo during a delivery flight from
the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Eagle to Malta 3 June 1942. Panel
3, Column 1. |
| MENKES |
Edward
Gerald Lionel |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 104450, 23 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
from Luqa, Malta, in a de Havilland Mosquito FBVI, serial number
HJ789, when it is assumed the aircraft crashed in the sea during
an intruder sortie to Vito Valentia in Calabria, Italy, 2 August
1943. Native of Belgium. Panel 6, Column 1. |
| MERCER |
Russell
George |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1179715, 217 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufort I, serial number AW240,
when his aircraft was shot down by flak south of Zante island
during an attack on a convoy off the southwest coast of Greece
3 July 1942. Aged 21. Native of Knowle, Bristol. Son of Arthur
George and Ethel Mary Mercer, of Knowle, Bristol. Panel 4, Column
1. See also 217
Squadron 1942 |
| MESSAM |
Gilbert
Oban Victor |
Flight
Sergeant 1335098, 114 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Marcianese, Italy, in a Douglas Boston IIIA, serial number
BZ355, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a night
intruder sortie 7 June 1944. Aged 23. Native of Sheet, Hampshire.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Messam, of Sheet, Petersfield, Hampshire.
Panel 14, Column 1. See also Petersfield,
Hampshire and Sheet,
Hampshire |
| MEYER |
Donnelly
Coombe |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Bomber) 409566, 150 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HZ811, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on Leghorn Harbour, Italy, 24 September 1943. Aged 20. Native
of Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia. Son of Leopold Donnelly Meyer
and Elizabeth Cora Meyer, of Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia.
Panel 11, Column 2. |
| MEZIC |
Rade |
Aircraftman
2nd Class 791618, 351 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Died based in Canne, Italy,
15 November 1944. Native of Yugoslavia. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| MICHEL |
David
James |
Lieutenant
207338V, 24 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country of service
South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Cuticchi, Sicily,
in a Douglas Boston III, serial number HK888, when his aircraft
was shot down by flak during a raid on San Lucio, two of the crew
survived, 24 September 1943. Aged 18. Native of Johannesburg,
Transvaal, South Africa. Son of Sam and Ray Michel, of Doornfontein,
Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Panel 12, Column 2. |
| MIDDLETON |
Jack |
Flying
Officer (Navigator/Bomber) 163065, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in
action flying out of Falconara, Italy, in a Douglas Boston IV,
serial number BZ508, when it was assumed that the aircaft had
been shot down into the sea by flak east of Venice during an attack
on a bridge at Latisana 31 December 1944. Aged 21. Native of Stoney
Stanton, Leicestershire. Son of John William and Melinda Emma
Middleton, of Stoney Stanton, Leicestershire. Panel 13, Column
2. |
| MILES |
Richard
George |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 41925, 14 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying out of
Protville I, Tunisia, in a Martin Marauder IA, serial number FK363,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a shipping strike
between the north of Corsica and the eastern coast of Sardinia
27 June 1943. Aged 21. Native of Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Son of Harry and Louisa Miles, of Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Panel 12, Column 2. |
| MILFORD |
Kenneth
Sydney |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1335323, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Blida, Algeria, in a Martin Marauder IA, serial number
FK362, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a transit
fllight from Grottaglie to Blida 8 February 1944. Aged 20. Native
of Acton, Middlesex. Son of Sydney James Milford and Annie Milford,
of Acton, Middlesex. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| MILLAR |
Alexander
Smart |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Bomber) 1369929, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Foggia Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
LP120, when the aircraft crashed 15 miles south of Pirot, Yugoslavia
during a raid on an oil terminal at Giurgiu, Romania, one of the
crew survived and was captured, 3 June 1944. Aged 22. Native of
Greenock, Renfrewshire. Son of Joseph and Annie Joiner Smart Millar,
of Greenock, Renfrewshire. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| MILLAR |
George |
Sergeant
547917, 295 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United
Kingdom. Killed in action by friendly fire flying out of Goubrine
II, Tunisia, in a Handley Page Halifax V, serial number EB145,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during Operation Husky,
believed to have been shot down by Allied anti-aircraft fire,
14 July 1943. Aged 25. Native of Bridgwater, Somerset. Son of
Alexander and Mary Millar; husband of Dorothy I. Millar, of Bridgwater,
Somerset. Panel 9, Column 1. |
| MILLAR |
Henry
James |
 Pilot
Officer (Pilot) NZ413877, 32 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air
Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying
out of Reghaia, Algeria, Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number
JK548, when his aircraft dived into the sea 3 miles southwest
of Genoa during a sweep over Northern Italy, cause unknown,
27 November 1943. Aged 28. Born 3 May 1915 in Featherston, Wellington,
New Zealand. Native of Upper Plain, Wellington, New Zealand.
Son of Samuel Henry and Maud Louisa Millar, of Upper Plain,
Wellington, New Zealand. Attended Masterton Technical College.
Civil occupation Car Salesman. Panel 12, Column 1.
Photograph
from The Weekly News - 23 February 1944
|
| MILLAR |
Robert
Victor |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/106358, 425
Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada.
Killed in action flying out of Zina, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington
X, serial number HE977, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during a raid on Sciacca on the western coast of Sicily 26 June
1943. Aged 20. Native of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Son of Leslie Edward and Alice Millar, of Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada. Panel 10, Column 2. |
| MILLAR |
Thomas
Mcleod |
Sergeant
1340067, 210 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Pembroke
Dock, Pembrokeshire, in a Consolidated Catalina I, serial number
AH559, when the aircraft stalled and crashed in Gibraltar Bay
when taking off in heavy seas in the dark for a convoy escort
sortie, two of the crew survived, 4 November 1942. Aged 22. Native
of Kirkcaldy, Fife. Son of Thomas and Martha Millar, of Kirkcaldy,
Fife. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| MILLAR |
Thomas
Roberts |
Flying
Officer (Air Bomber) 422612, 31 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Celone, Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial number
KH158, when the aircraft was lost without trace in bad weather
during a sortie to drop supplies to partisans 12 miles northeast
of Genoa, northern Italy, 12 October 1944. Aged 28. Native of
Mosman, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Thomas Roberts Millar
and Edith Amy Millar; husband of Elizabeth Grace Millar, of Mosman,
New South Wales, Australia. Panel 16, Column 1. |
| MILLBAND |
Alan |
Sergeant
1211834, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Martin Baltimore IIIA, serial number FA189, when the
aircraft was lost without trace during an Anti-Submarine Warfare
patrol 21 July 1943. Aged 21. Native of Derby. Son of John and
Winnifred Ellen Millband, of Derby. Panel 9, Column 1. |
| MILLER |
Alexander |
Sergeant
992624, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of LG 86,
Egypt det to LG 147, Libya, in a Bristol Beaufort I, serial number
N1186, when the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 during a torpedo
strike on a convoy about 80 miles southwest of Malta, one of the
crew survived, 14 April 1942. Native of Stirling, Stirlingshire.
Panel 4, Column 1. |
| MILLER |
Basil
Walter |
Sergeant
656962, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number LB115, when
it was assumed that the aircraft had been shot down by a night
fighter off Cap Bon during an anti-shipping search west of Sicily
18 April 1943. Aged 27. Native of Harrow, Middlesex. Son of A.
Percy and Winifred Miller; husband of N. Irene Miller, of Harrow,
Middlesex. Panel 9, Column 1. |
| MILLER |
Eric
Alfred |
Sergeant
(Navigator/Bomber) 1603156, 223 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Pescara, Italy, in a Martin Baltimore, when the aircraft
was hit by flak and crashed into the sea during a raid on Ancona
22 July 1944. Aged 21. Native of Finchley, Middlesex. Son of Alfred
Charles and Winifred Rose Miller, of Finchley, Middlesex. Panel
15, Column 1. |
| MILLER |
Ivor
Reginald |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 920392, 227 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol beaufighter VICV, serial number
X8030, when the aircraft flew into the mast of a ship and crashed
during an attack on a small convoy off the coast of Libya 14 October
1942. Aged 21. Native of Parkstone, Dorsetshire. Son of Reginald
Sidney and Annie Edith Miller, of Parkstone, Dorsetshire. Panel
3, Column 2. |
| MILLER |
John
Newton |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) J/18754, 185 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Hal
Far, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number BR109,
when his aircraft was shot down by Bf109s while circling a dinghy
following the ditching of another 185 Squadron Spitfire after
a raid on a railway bridge in Sicily 20 March 1943. Aged 22. Mentioned
in Despatches (MiD). Native of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of
William Harry and Ethel Edna Miller, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Panel 10, Column 2. |
| MILLER |
Ronald |
Flight
Sergeant 1111811, 229 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number
BP955. when his aircraft was shot down by an escorting fighter
when intercepting an enemy air raid on Ta Kali airfield, Malta,
he baled out but was not recovered, 17 October 1942. Aged 22.
Native of Leeds, Yorkshire. Son of Charles Walter and Margaret
Miller, of Leeds, Yorkshire. B.Sc., Elec. Eng., Hons. (Leeds).
Panel 3, Column 2. |
| MILLS |
Gordon
Bruce |
Lieutenant
(Pilot) 18742V, 31 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Celone,
Italy, in a Consolidaed Liberator BVI, serial number KG839, when
his aircraft was shot down by a night flighter during a raid on
an oil refinery at Giurgiu south of Bucharest, Romania 29 June
1944. Aged 24. Native of Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.
Son of Arthur S. and Dorothy L. Mills, of Kenilworth, Cape Town,
South Africa. Panel 17, Column 1. |
| MILLS |
James |
Corporal
948530, 54 M.T. Company, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying in a Avro Lancaster
I, serial number PD383, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during a trooping flight off Corsica in bad weather while en route
from Italy to United Kingdom in a 300 Squadron aircraft 5 November
1945. Aged 23. Native of Northwich, Cheshire. Son of George and
Mary Mills, of Northwich, Cheshire. Panel 19, Column 1. |
| MILLS |
William
Henry John |
Sergeant
1313630, 37 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Tortorella,
Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number ME872, when the
aircraft ditched in the Adriatic due to a night fighter attack
during a raid a marshalling yard near Ploesti, Romania, the rest
of the crew survived, 5 May 1944. Aged 21. Native of Saltash,
Cornwall. Son of William Horace Clemo Mills and Pearl Mills, of
Saltash, Cornwall. Panel 15, Column 1. See also Saltash,
Cornwall and Saltash
St Stephen, Cornwall |
| MILLWARD |
Clive
Nibbs |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 123602, 241 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Souk el Khemis, Tunisia, in a Hawker Hurricane, serial
number HV732, when the aircraft was lost without trace during
an attack on artillery positions on the battle front east of Sidi
Nsir 25 April 1943. Aged 32. Native of Sheet, Hampshire. Son of
Harry and Mary Jane Millward; husband of Joyce Hettie Millward,
of Sheet, Hampshire. Panel 6, Column 2. |
| MILNE |
John
Stephen |
Pilot
Officer 136052, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Martin Baltimore II, serial number AG816,
when the aircraft was lost during a reconnaissance sortie, probably
shot down by a fighter, 18 February 1943. Aged 22. Native of Blackheath,
London. Son of Charles Stephen and Mildred Harriett Milne, of
Blackheath, London. Panel 7, Column 1. |
| MILNE |
William
Harvey |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 657704, 458 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Bone,
Algeria, in a Vuickers Wellington when the aircraft was lost without
trace after reporting engine trouble during an Anti-Submarine
Warfare patrol north of Cap der Fer, Algeria 17 October 1943.
Aged 30. Native of Ferryhill, Aberdeen. Son of Andrew and Jane
Milne, of Aberdeen. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| MILNER |
Albert
James |
Warrant
Officer (Wireless Operator) NZ404083, 221 Squadron, Royal New
Zealand Air Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action
flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial
number HX727, when it was assumed that the aircraft had been lost
off Cape Passero, Sicily during an armed reconnaissance searching
for shipping between Sardinia and Southern Italy 10 April 1943.
Aged 29. Native of Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand. Son of Thomas
Arthur and Elizabeth Milner; stepson of Mrs. A. M. Milner, of
Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand. Panel 12, Column 2. |
| MILNER |
George |
Warrant
Officer 1111390, 219 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying out of
Sidi Amor, Tunisia, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIF, serial number
V8843, when the aircraft collided with Wellington JA137 of 142
Squadron off Bizerte, Tunisia during a night interception exercise
with another 219 Squadron Beaufighter 1 December 1943. Aged 29.
Native of Winwick, Lancashire. Son of George and Sarah Milner,
of Winwick, Lancashire. Panel 7, Column 1. |
| MILNER |
Harry |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator) 1069843, 458 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington XIII, serial
number MP762, when the aircraft was lost without trace during
a night reconnaissance around the coasts of Corsica and Sardinia
12 September 1943. Aged 30. Native of Scale Hall, Lancaster, Lancashire.
Son of Timothy and Ada Milner; husband of Dora Milner, of Scale
Hall, Lancaster. Panel 9, Column 1. |
| MINCHER |
Thomas
Leon |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1392462, 93 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Souk el Arba, Tunisia, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial
number ER594. when the aircraft was shot down after taking off
from Medjez el Bab 5 December 1942. Aged 20. Native of Hitchin,
Hertfordshire. Son of Samuel and Edith May Mincher, of Hitchin,
Herts. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| MINCHINTON |
Edwin
Charles |
Flying
Officer 40555, 202 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Gibraltar in a
Saro London II, serial number K9682, when the aircraft was shot
down by a Vichy French AF Hawk into the Bay of Algeciras during
a patrol, several of the crew survived and were interned in Spain,
14 September 1940. Aged 28. Son of Harry and Marguerite Minchinton,
of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Panel 1, Column 1. |
| MITCHELL |
Andrew
John |
Sergeant
1822273, 624 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Blida,
Algeria, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number JN960, when
it was assumed that the aircraft had been lost over the sea during
Special Operations Executive (SOE) Special Operation Prettytoes
over southern France 27 April 1944. Aged 19. Native of Aberdeen.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew S. Mitchell, of Aberdeen. Panel 15,
Column 1. |
| MITCHELL |
Archibald
Raymond |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1514165, 37 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Tortorella, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HZ814, when the aircraft crashed into the Ariatic Sea when returning
from a raid on an oil refinery at Campina, Romania, with battle
damage 6 May 1944. Aged 19. Native of Wallasey, Cheshire. Son
of Eleanor Maude Mitchell, of Wallasey, Cheshire. Panel 15, Column
1. |
| MITCHELL |
Harry
William James |
Sergeant
1897111, 614 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Amendola,
Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number JN912, when
the aircraft ditched off Cape Spulico in the Gulf of Taranto due
to an engine fire during a transit flight from Catabia to Amendola,
one passenger survived, 14 August 1944. Aged 36. Native of Barking,
Essex. Son of Harry and Lucy Mitchell, of Barking, Essex. Panel
15, Column 1. |
| MITCHELL |
Herbert
Robert |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 391843, 603 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying out of
Ta Kali, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, when his aircraft
was shot down into the sea off Malta by a Bf109 when intercepting
an enemy air raid on Luqa airfield by Ju88s 12 May 1942. Aged
25. Native of Reefton, Nelson, New Zealand. Son of William and
Edith Mitchell, of Reefton, Nelson, New Zealand. Panel 5, Column
1. |
| MITCHELL |
Ronald
Austen Seymour |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 927808, 202 Squadron,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Gibraltar in a Consolidated Catalina
IB, serial number FP124, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during a convoy escort in the Western Mediterranean 3 November
1942. Native of Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. Son of George James
Mitchell and Eliza Mitchell; husband of Rita Mitchell, of Nailsworth,
Gloucestershire. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| MOFFATT |
Bernard
Joy |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/9520, 69 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number HF883. when
the aircraft was lost without trace during a reconnaissance sortie
to the Punta Stilo area of Calabria, Italy 10 November 1942. Aged
21. Native of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Panel 4, Column
1. |
| MOFFATT |
John
David |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 118467, 227 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol beaufighter VIC, serial number
T5149, when the aircraft was shot down by flak into the sea 30
miles south of Kalibia during an attack on a merchant ship in
the Gulf of Hammamet 17 September 1942. Aged 21. Native of Culford,
Suffolk. Son of Brigadier J. Moffatt, C.B.E., and Mrs. A. Moffatt,
of Culford, Suffolk. Panel 3, Column 1. |
| MONK |
Roy |
Sergeant
1523551, 55 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Falconara,
Italy, in a Douglas Boston V, serial number BZ630, when the aircraft
was lost without trace in the Sacile area near Conegliano, Italy,
23 February 1945. Native of Chorley, Lancashire. Son of George
and Ethel Monk; husband of Olive Monk, of Chorley, Lancashire.
Panel 18, Column 2. |
| MOODY |
Frank |
Sergeant
575957, 95 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United
Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Bathurst/Half Die, Gambia,
in a Short Sunderland II, serial number W6063, when the aircraft
crashed into the sea about 400 miles southwest of Freetown, Sierra
Leone, three of the crew survived, 31 March 1943. Aged 20. Native
of Beauchief, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Son of Frederick M. and Tirzah
Moody, of Beauchief, Sheffield. Panel 9, Column 1. |
| MOODY |
Gerald
Clifford Randolph |
Flight
Lieutenant 78846, 23 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a de Havilland Mosquito FBVI, serial number
HJ766, when the aircraft was lost during a night fighter sortie
to Mazara, Sicily, 25 June 1943. Aged 33. Native of Maidenhead,
Berkshire. Son of George Edward and Alice Moody; husband of Mary
Frances Moody, of Maidenhead, Berkshire. Panel 6, Column 1. |
| MOON |
Keith
McFarlane |
Warrant
Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) NZ404645, 52 Squadron,
Royal New Zealand Air Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed
in action flying out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Martin Baltimore
IIIA, serial number FA322, when the aircraft was lost without
trace during an early morning shipping reconnaissance off Sardinia
9 July 1943. Aged 21. Native of Te Uku, Auckland, New Zealand.
Son of Arthur William and Janet Robertson Moon, of Te Uku, Auckland,
New Zealand. Panel 12, Column 2. |
| MOON |
Noel
John |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) NZ411926, 179 Squadron, Royal New Zealand
Air Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying
out of Gibraltar in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number LB179,
when the aircraft ditched off the Algerian coast due to engine
failure during a convoy escort, the rest of the crew survived
and were rescued by a destroyer, 8 April 1943. Aged 23. Native
of Wellington City, New Zealand. Son of Horace John and Laura
Beardmore Moon, of Wellington City, New Zealand. Panel 12, Column
1. |
| MOOR |
John
William |
Lieutenant
(Pilot) 328551V, 213 (R.A.F.) Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of
Biferno, Italy, in a Mustang III, serial number HB903, when his
aircraft was lost without trace after entering cloud near Rumsko
during a patrol to the Novi Sad-Sremski Karlovci area of Yugoslavia
16 September 1944. Aged 21. Native of Lowlands, Natal, South Africa.
Son of Geoffrey W. and Vere N. Moor, of Lowlands, Natal, South
Africa. Panel 17, Column 1. |
| MOORE |
Douglas
Robert William |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1803619, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Foggia Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HF476, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on the Xenia oil refinery at Ploesti, Romania, believed to have
crashed northeast of Lake Scutari, 19 August 1944. Born 21 November
1924. In the 1939 Register he is listed as the son of Charles
W and Elsie T Moore, at school, resident The Street, South Walsham,
Blofield and Flegg R.D., Norfolk. Panel 15, Column 2. Also commemorated
on South Walsham
War Memorial, Norfolk |
| MOORE |
John
Robert |
Flying
Officer 128598, 302 Ferry Training Unit, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying
out of Oban, Argyllshire, in a Consolidated Catalina IB, serial
number FP122, when the aircraft crashed and overturned on landing
at Bathurst, Gambia, during a ferry flight to 200 Squadron 11
November 1943. Aged 22. Native of Muswell Hill, Middlesex. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Moore, of Muswell Hill, Middlesex. Panel
6, Column 2. |
| MORDAN |
James
Roy |
Pilot
Officer (Navigator) 175376, 153 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Reghaia, Algeria, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIF, when the
aircraft was lost over the sea between Sardinia and Italy during
a night fighter patrol 8 August 1944. Native of Elgin, Morayshire.
Panel 13, Column 2. |
| MOREN |
Howard |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1169025, 249 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane IIA, serial number BV162,
when the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 (or possibly collided
with a Ju88) when intercepting an enemy air raid on Grand Harbour,
Malta, 20 December 1941. Aged 21. Native of Ashtead, Surrey. Son
of Henry Thomas Moren and Mary Emma Moren, of Ashtead, Surrey.
Panel 2, Column 1. |
| MORGAN |
Alan |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1114271, 202 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Gibraltar in a Short Sunderland III, serial
number W4029, when the aircraft crashed and sank when landing
in Gibraltar Bay returning from an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol
causing the depth charges to explode, one of the crew survived,
22 August 1942. Aged 20. Native of Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Son
of James and Grace Morgan, of Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Panel 4,
Column 1. See also Aberfeldy
War Memorial |
| MORGAN |
Frederick
Charles |
Flying
Officer 126274, 55 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Falconara, Italy, in a Douglas Boston V, serial number BZ630,
when the aircraft was lost without trace in the Sacile area near
Conegliano, Italy, 23 February 1945. Aged 24. Native of Balsall
Heath, Birmingham. Son of Charles Ernest and Winifred Mary Morgan;
husband of Elsie May Morgan, of Balsall Heath, Birmingham. Panel
18, Column 1. |
| MORRIS |
David
John |
Pilot
Officer (Observer) 48095, 21 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number Z7308,
when the aircraft was shot down by Bf109s near the island of Filfla
when returning to Malta after an abortive shipping strike off
the Libyan coast 6 February 1942. Aged 30. Native of Shorwell,
Isle of Wight. Son of Hilton and Mary Jane Morris, of Shorwell,
Isle of Wight. Panel 3, Column 1. |
| MORRIS |
Norman
Leonard |
Leading
Aircraftman 620460, (serving in H.M.S. Illustrious), Royal Air
Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action at
sea in the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Illustrious when it was damaged
during an enemy air raid while escorting a convoy east of Sicily
10 January 1941. Aged 19. Native of Liverpool. Son of Leonard
Ralph Morris, and of Edith Morris, of Liverpool. Panel 2, Column
2. |
| MORRIS |
Reginald
John |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1261532, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a bristol Blenheim IV, serial number Z7922,
when the aircraft was shot down by flak from an escorting destroyer
when attacking a convoy in the Gulf of Sidra during an anti-shipping
strike 5 November 1941. Aged 19. Native of Frinton-on-Sea, Essex.
Son of John Richer Morris and Minerva Edyth Morris, of Frinton-on-Sea,
Essex. Panel 2, Column 1. |
| MORRISON |
Alexander
David George |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1567608, 55 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Cecina, Italy, in a Martin Baltimore V, serial number FW547,
when the aircraft was shot down by flak during a raid on enemy
MT vehicles on roads between Urbino, Pisaro, Rimini and Imola,
29 July 1944. Aged 20. Native of Birnie, Elgin, Morayshire. Son
of Alexander and Margaret Morrison, of Birnie, Morayshire. Panel
15, Column 2. |
| MORRISON |
John
Kenneth |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 143661, 185 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Hal Far, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number
LZ931, when the aircraft was lost during a sweep over Albania
27 February 1944. Aged 30. Native of Heworth, Gateshead, Co. Durham.
Son of John William and Hannah Morrison, of Heworth, Gateshead,
Co. Durham. Panel 13, Column 2. |
| MORTON |
Fred |
Sergeant
997680, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Died based at Amendola, Italy, 14 June
1944. Aged 24. Born 25 February 1920. Native of Pendlebury, Lancashire.
Son of William and Florence Morton, of Pendlebury, Lancashire.
In 1939 he was the son of William and Florence Morton, a Wages
Clerk, resident 3 Slack Fold, Pendlebury, Swinton and Pendlebury
M.B., Lancashire. Panel 15, Column 2. |
| MORTON |
William |
Sergeant
1073134, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number LB115, when
it was assumed that the aircraft had bee shot down by a night
fighter off Cap Bon during an anti-shipping search west of Sicily
18 April 1943. Aged 23. Native of Leigh, Lancashire. Son of Wilfred
and Selena Morton, of Leigh, Lancashire. Panel 9, Column 1. |
| MOSS |
Wallace
Woolf |
Sergeant
1309293, 608 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action by friendly fire flying
out of Gibraltar in a Lockheed Hudson V, serial number AM802,
when the aircraft was shot down in error by 4 Martlets of 893
Squadron. from H.M.S. Formidable. off Algiers during an Anti-Submarine
Warfare patrol 11 November 1942. Aged 27. Native of Leyton, Essex.
Son of Fred and Esther Moss; husband of Annie Rosina Moss, of
Leyton, Essex. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| MOUATT |
James
Leslie |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 134353, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Blida, Algeria, in a Martin Marauder IA, serial number
FK371, when the aircraft was lost without trace over the Tyrrhenian
Sea during a reconnaissance sortie 25 April 1943. Aged 22. Native
of Roseville, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Gerald Leslie
Mouatt, and of Margaret Jane Obre Mouatt, of Roseville, Sydney,
Australia. Panel 6, Column 2. |
| MOULD |
Peter |
Flying
Officer 124668, 233 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action by firendly
fire flying out of Gibraltar in a Lockheed Hudson, seria numer
either AE563, V8985 or T9458, when it was assumed the aircraft
was shot down by US Navy F4F fighters off Casablanca, Morocco,
8 November 1942. Aged 22. Native of King's Heath, Birmingham.
Son of Arthur Ernest and Edith Mould, of King's Heath, Birmingham.
Panel 3, Column 1. |
| MOULD |
Peter
William Olber |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot) 33414, 185 Squadron (Officer Commanding), Royal
Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action
flying out of Hal Far, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane, when the
aircraft was shot down off Malta by an Italian AF MC202 while
intercepting an enemy air raid 1 October 1941. Aged 24. Awarded
the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.) and Bar. Son of Charles
Brown Mould and Ethel Marguerite Mould; husband of Phyllis Mould.
Triple Blue - Rugby Football, Cricket, Athletics; R.A.F. College,
Cranwell. Panel 1, Column 1. |
| MOULTON |
Philip
Henry |
Sergeant
656489, 1 Obverseas Delivery Unit (O.A.D.U.) attached from 6 Operational
Training Unit (O.T.U.), Royal Air Force. Country of service United
Kingdom. Killed while flying out of Portreath, Cornwall, in a
Lockheed Hudson VI, serial number FK522, when the aircraft flew
into Sunny Bottom Cliffs soon after taking off from Portreath
on a night ferry flight 6 December 1942. Aged 25. Native of Leicester.
Son of Arthur and Elizabeth Moulton, of Leicester. Panel 4, Column
1. |
| MOWBRAY |
John
Roy |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/15510, 229 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali,
Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number possibly EN972,
when the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 off Sicily when escorting
249 Squadron aircraft during a fighter-bomber sweep 1 December
1942. Aged 23. Ntive of Brooklin, Ontario, Canada. Son of Roy
V. and Eva S. Mowbray, of Brooklin, Ontario, Canada. Panel 4,
Column 1. |
| MOYE |
Edwin
Dewitt |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) R/67913, 185 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Hal
Far, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire, serial number BP979, when
the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 south east of Hal Far when
intercepting an enemy air raid by Ju88s on Malta's airfields 6
July 1942. Aged 25. Native of Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A. Son of Marvin
E. and Juanita E. Moye, of Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A. Panel 5, Column
2. |
| MUDD |
Eric |
Sergeant
1214210, 210 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Pembroke
Dock, Pembrokeshire, in a Consolidated Catalina I, serial number
W8416, when the aircraft was lost without trace during an escort
for shipping off the coast of Morocco 11 November 1942. Aged 21.
Native of of Keighley, Yorkshire. Son of William and Lavinia Mudd;
husband of Edna May Mudd, of Keighley, Yorkshire. Panel 4, Column
1. |
| MUIR |
James
David |
Flight
Sergeant 1344013, 162 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Benina, Libya, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number DV931,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a signals intelligence
sortie over Sicily 18 May 1943. Aged 26. Awarded the Air Force
Medal (A.F.M.). Native of Cowdenbeath, Fife. Son of David Muir,
and of Maggie Ann Muir, of Cowdenbeath, Fife. Panel 7, Column
2. |
| MUIR |
John
Henry |
Sergeant
1331575, 425 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Zina,
Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellngton X, serial number MS496, when the
aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Messina, Sicily,
30 June 1943. Aged 30. Native of Old Heath, Essex. Son of John
Hellens Muir and Esther Alice Muir, of Old Heath, Essex. Panel
9, Column 1. |
| MULLEN |
D |
Air
Mechanic 212621V, ALIAS. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action 19 September 1944. (see Norman
SCOTT - true family name.). |
| MULLER |
Jacobus
Wessels |
Lieutenant
281656V, 30 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country of service
South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Iesi, Italy, in a
Martin Marauder III, serial number HD496, when his aircraft crashed
and exploded when ditching 3 miles south of Senegallia northwest
of Ancona following an engine fire 26 December 1944. Aged 21.
Native of Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africa. Son of Dr.
and Mrs. Hilgard Muller, of Winburg, Orange Free State, South
Africa. Panel 17, Column 1. |
| MULLER-ROWLAND |
Eric
Rowland |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 122965, 144 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Protville II, Tunisia, in a bristol Beaufighter TFX, serial
number JM381. when the aircraft crashed into the sea due to an
unknown cause during an Armed Rover 22 June 1943. Aged 26. Native
of Guildford, Surrey. Son of John Muller-Rowland, and of Daisy
S. C. J. Muller-Rowland, of Guildford, Surrey. His brother Stanley
Rowland Muller-Rowalnd, Squadron Leader 103498, 236 Squadron,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, also died during the war on
3 October 1944, aged 23, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
(D.F.C.) and Bar. Panel 6, Column 2. |
| MULLOY |
George
Frank Robert |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1375617, 126 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane IIB, serial number Z5213,
when the aircraft was shot down into the sea by a Bf109 when intercepting
an enemy air raid on Malta 18 March 1942. Aged 28. Native of Plumstead,
London. Son of George and Maude Mary Mulloy, of Plumstead, London.
Panel 4, Column 1. |
| MUNDAY |
Bryan
Leslie |
Sergeant
1601774, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Regina,
Italy, in a Vickers Wellington III, serial number HF736, when
the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Smederevo
about 25 miles southeast of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 17 July 1944.
Aged 23. Native of Wembley, Middlesex. Son of Mr. and Mrs. F.
Munday, of Wembley, Middlesex. Panel 15, Column 2. |
| MUNRO |
Roich
Hamish Mckenzie |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 61250, 249 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane I, serial number
Z4043, when his aicraft was shot down by an Italian AF MC200 into
the sea off Malta when intercepting an enemy air raid on the island
12 June 1941. Aged 28. Son of William McKenzie Munro and Dora
Denham Munro, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. B.Comm. (Edin.).
His brother, Ian MacKenzie Munro, also died on service, Flight
Sergeant 80359, 266 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
died 3 May 1943, aged 25. Panel 1, Column 1. |
| MURPHY |
Edward
Scott |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 401171, 14 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Martin Marauder IA, serial number
FK363, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a shipping
strike between the north of Corsica and the eastern coast of Sardinia
27 June 1943. Aged 26. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
(D.F.C.). Nativeof Gardenvale, Victoria, Australia. Son of Robert
Leontone Scott Murphy and Phyllis Edith Murphy, of Gardenvale,
Victoria, Australia. Barrister and Solicitor; LL.M. Panel 11,
Column 1. |
| MURPHY |
Jack
Donald |
Warrant
Officer (Pilot) 413007, 111 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Lago,
Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire IX, serial number MJ151, when
it was assumed the aircraft had been shot down into the sea by
a FW190 off Anzio, Italy during a beachhead patrol 20 March 1944.
Aged 24. Native of Petersham, New South Wales, Australia. Son
of James George and Nora Ena Murphy; husband of Ivy Allen Murphy,
of Petersham, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 16, Column 1. |
| MURRAY |
Gordon |
Pilot
Officer (PIlot) J/7232, 603 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali,
Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number BP970, when
it was assumed the aircraft had been shot down by a Bf109 or by
return fire when attacking a Ju88 while intercepting an enemy
air raid just off Malta 22 April 1942. Native of Brooklyn, New
York City, USA. Panel 4, Column 2. |
| MURRAY |
Lewis
Beverly |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Pilot) R/94837, 242 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Bone, Algeria, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, when it was
assumed that the aircraft had been shot down by a FW190 near Cap
Rosa when intercepting an enemy air raid on Bone Harbour, Algeria,
2 January 1943. Native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Panel 10,
Column 2. |
| MUSGROVE |
Robert |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1025192, 458 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Bone, Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington, when the aircraft
was lost without trace after reporting engine trouble during an
Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol north of Cap der Fer, Algeria, 17
October 1943. Aged 23. Native of Westerhope, Newcastle-on-Tyne,
Northumberland. Son of Dorothy Musgrove, of Westerhope, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Panel 9, Column 1. |
| MUSSON |
George
Bertram |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 27204, Royal Air Force (RAFO) seconded to British
Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). Country of service United
Kingdom. Killed while flying out of Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire,
in a Short S30, serial number G-AFCZ, when the aircraft crashed
at Bathurst during a transit flight from Lagos to the United Kingdom
with a stop at Bathurst (19 passengers also died) 14 September
1942. Aged 35. Native of Umtali, Southern Rhodesia. Son of Alfred
William and Alice Maude Musson; husband of Helen Josephine Musson,
of Umtali, Southern Rhodesia. Captain of flying-boat Clare at
the time of his death. Panel 3, Column 1. |
| MUSTO |
Thomas
Eric |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1316142, 458 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of LG 91, Egypt det to Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII,
serial number HX677, when the aircraft was lost during a shipping
search off the west coast of Italy, possibly shot down during
an attack on a convoy, 27 April 1943. Aged 21. Native of Saltash,
Cornwall. Son of Thomas and Annie Louise Musto, of Saltash. Cornwall.
Panel 9, Column 1. See also Saltash,
Cornwall, Saltash
St Stephen, Cornwall and Tideford,
Cornwall |
| MYBURGH |
Jacobus
Frederick |
Air
Corporal 58731V, 17 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed in action flying as a passenger
from Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a Douglas C47 Dakota III, serial
number FD865, when the aircraft he was travelling in was lost
during a transit flight in bad weather from Capodichino to the
Balkans, he was a passenger on board a 267 Squadron aircraft,
19 September 1944. Panel 18, Column 1. |
| MYERS |
Nelson
Lorin |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 413088, 242 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Calenzena, Corsica, France, in a Supermarine Spitfire IX, serial
number MH994, when the aircraft was shot down by flak into the
sea near the target during a strafing attack on a radar site at
Cape Couronne near Marseilles 13 August 1944. Aged 22. Native
of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Mrs. Henrietta
Jane Myers, of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 16,
Column 1. |
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