Nevill, John Oliver Hugh (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-April-02

Flight Sergeant John Oliver Hugh Nevill RCAF

Birth Date: 1917

Born:

Parents: Son of Thomas Nevill, and of Henrietta Maria Nevill (nee Varrelman). Silver Medallist, Manitoba Agricultural College.

Spouse:

Home: Carnegie, Manitoba

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

57 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Corpus Non Animum Muto I change my body, not my spirit

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/80124

Temporary Burial
Google MapMannheim

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapDurnbach War Cemetery
Plot 2 Row F Coll Grave 10-18
57 Squadron (Corpus Non Animum Muto). Wellington aircraft X 3607 was shot down at Mannheim, Germany. Flight Sergeant G.G. Giroux was also killed and four RAF members of the crew were missing believed killed. Addendum: - Correct spelling of the surname is NEVILL not NEVILLE. Three of the R.A.F. members killed were Sgt(s) H.E. Cruze, WT. Randall, and F/S. S. Jones. Sgt. O'Brien (RAF) missing. Surname detail provided by The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Ottawa, Ontario. Addendum: Wellington aircraft X 3607 was shot dOwn at Mannheim, Germany during ops. to Hanau, Germany. FS. G.G. Giroux, Sgt.s H.E. Cruze (RAF), B.L. Randall (RAF), M. O'Brien (RAF), and FS. S. Jones (RAF) were also killed.