Jeffrey,Mervyn Ronald (Flight Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1945-March-16
Birth Date: 1924
Born:
Parents: FRANK E. JEFFREY AND BEATRICE SOPHIA JEFFREY, OF MANGRAVET, MAIDSTONE, KENT;
Spouse: YVONNE MADGE JEFFREY.
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
100 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Sarang Tebuan Jangan Dijolok Malay
Base
RAF Grimsby
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Fligh Engineer
Service Numbers
1337545
Nuremberg GermanyCrew or Other Personnel
Lancaster ND644
Mission
Lancaster Mk.III ND644
Bombing Nuremberg Germany 1945-March-16 to 1945-March-16
100 (B) Sqn (RAF) Grimsby
Took off from Grimsby at 17:56 in Lancaster Mark III (Sqn code: HW-N Bomber Command).
Shot down near Kraftshof some 8 km NNW from Nuremburg Bahnhof.
Five killed in crash: Flight Sergeant Lyle Eugene Bedell RCAF R/274955 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery 7. B. 10. Flying Officer George Alfred Osborn Dauphinee RCAF J/41839 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery 8. A. 23. Flight Sergeant Mervyn Ronald Jeffrey RAF 337545 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery 5. H. 27. Flight Sergeant William Harvey Johnson RCAF R/134935 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery 8. A. 24. Flying Officer William Richard Vale RCAF J/42694 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery.
Two POW,: Pilot Officer Royston Stanley Bailey RAF 178374 POW. Camp not identified. And Flying Officer D B Douglas camp not identified.
Lancaster ND644 Mk.III - Bombing Nuremberg Germany - 1945-03-16 to 1945-03-16
Squadron: 100 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1945-03-16
Completion Date: 1945-03-16
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Nuremberg Germany
Target Specific:
Base: Grimsby
Take Off Time: 17.56
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Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
Took off from Grimsby at 17:56 in Lancaster Mark III (Sqn code: HW-N Bomber Command).
Shot down near Kraftshof some 8 km NNW from Nuremburg Bahnhof.
Five killed in crash: Flight Sergeant Lyle Eugene Bedell RCAF R/274955 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery 7. B. 10. Flying Officer George Alfred Osborn Dauphinee RCAF J/41839 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery 8. A. 23. Flight Sergeant Mervyn Ronald Jeffrey RAF 337545 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery 5. H. 27. Flight Sergeant William Harvey Johnson RCAF R/134935 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery 8. A. 24. Flying Officer William Richard Vale RCAF J/42694 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery.
Two POW,: Pilot Officer Royston Stanley Bailey RAF 178374 POW. Camp not identified. And Flying Officer D B Douglas camp not identified.
