21 Squadron (Viribus Vincimus). The crew of Wellington aircraft JA 535 took off on an anti-sub patrol and crashed just after take-off two miles from the Ras Kirma Landing Ground, Aden. The crash was due to a suspected overspeed of the airscrew's rotol gear. The pilot throttled back to prevent seizure of the engine, turned right through 170 degrees then stalled and crashed on a slight rise off the end of the runway. WOs D.C. Jones, J.K. Brown, Pilot Officer Mi. Leduc, and two of the crew, not Canadians, were also killed.
Millar, Mervin Edwin (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Action 1944-August-24
Birth Date: 1917
Born:
Parents: Son of Edwin C. and Dora M. Millar. of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
Spouse:
Home: Lethbridge, Alberta
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
21 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Viribus Vincimus By strength with conquer
Base
RAF Thorney Island
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/87206
Home
Lethbridge, Alberta
Temporary Burial
Military Cemetery, Socotra, Island, Indian Ocean
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
