ADAMS

John Henry

Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1412902, 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 HE898, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Arezzo marshalling yards about 25 miles northeast of Siena, Italy, 27 January 1944. Native of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. Son of George Thomas Adams and Mary Eliza Adams, of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on MALTA MEMORIAL, Malta. Panel 14, Column 2. See also Malta Memorial

Note: In 1944 No. 37 Squadron flew the Vickers-Armstrong Wellington Mk.X bomber (affectionately known as the "Wimpy" by RAF aircrews) and was part of 231 Wing, 205 Group, RAF. The group was under the operational command of the 15th United States Army Air Force from its inception and was the only RAF bomber force to ever operate under foreign command. The 15th Air Force was the major component of the Mediterranean Allied Strategic Air Force (MASAF) which in turn was part of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces (MAAF). From Italian airfields, MASAF bombers were charged with carrying the war to the enemy in France, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Greece, as well as into the Reich itself - by day (USAAF) and by night (RAF).

BEVAN

George Leslie

Fusilier 3977294, 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Died 13th May 1944. Aged 20. Son of George Henry and Olive Mary Bevan, of Ewell, Epsom, Surrey. Buried in CASSINO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot XVI. Row B. Grave 21.

DAVIES

George Devereux

Sergeant (Observer) 924555, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 17th July 1941. Aged 27. Son of Austin George and Mary Ann Davies, of Haverfordwest. Buried in PRENDERGAST CEMETERY, HAVERFORDWEST, Pembrokeshire. Grave 376.

GUNNER

Vincent

Private 14623416, 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 15th May 1944. Son of Alfred Albert Victor and Martha Jane Gunner, of Penycwm, Pembrokeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on RANGOON MEMORIAL, Myanmar (Burma). Face 10.