Oliver, Melvin Robert (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-May-03

Flying Officer Melvin Robert Oliver RCAF

Birth Date: 1920-May-14

Born:

Parents: Son of Alexander and Etna Oliver; husband of Pamela Oliver, of Scarborough, Yorkshire.

Spouse: Husband of Pamela Oliver, of Scarborough, Yorkshire.

Home: Listowell, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

550 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Ignem Vincimus Through fire we conquer

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

J/22436

Final Burial
Google MapCheniers Cemetery
Mil Plot Row 1 Coll grave 2
550 Squadron (Per Ignem Vincimus). Target - MaiIly Le Camp, France. Addendum: . Lancaster aircraft LL 826 (BQH) missing during a night trip to Mailly Le Camp, France. F/0.s E.C. Jones, H.W. Batt (RAF), Sgt.s K.R. Dye (RAF), J. Ellis (RAF), J. Stanley (RAF), F/L. A.J. Grain D.F.M. (RAF), and passenger Station Defence Officer, Major S. Whipp, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, were also killed. Detail provided by S. Johnson, Winnipeg, MB.