Mayger, James Douglas

Killed in Action 1944-04-25

Male Head

Birth Date: 1923

Born:

Charles Walter & Frances Alice Mayger, Jordanhill, Glasgow

Home: Jordanhill, Glasgow, Scotland

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RAF

Unit

626 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
To Strive And Not To Yield To strive and not to yeild

Base

RAF Wickenby

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Flight Sergeant

Service Numbers

1821101

Home
Google MapJordanhill, Glasgow, Scotland
Target
Google MapKarlsruhe Germany
First Burial
Google MapGlasgow Western Necropolis

Took off from Wickenby at 21:52 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code UM-K2 Bomber Command) on an operation to Karlsruhe Germany.

Home-bound, regained the East Anglia coast only to be intercepted and shot down by an Intruder crashing at 04:10 close to Boxted Airfield some 5 miles N of Colchester Essex.

Killed includes Mayger:Warrant Officer Class 1 Robert Edgar Hall Cameron RCAF R/116874 KIA Brookwood Military Cemetery, Plot 48. Row I. Grave 7.Pilot Officer Francis Winburn Gunn RCAF J/85972 KIA Brookwood Military Cemetery, Plot 48. Row I. Grave 8.Pilot Officer Murray Langtry McPherson RCAF J/89285 KIA Brookwood Military Cemetery, Plot 48. Row I. Grave 6.Sergeant Dennis Randle RAF KIA Brookwood Military Cemetery, Plot 24. Row D. Grave 18.Flight Sergeant John Lander Shell RAF KIA Brookwood Military Cemetery, Plot 24. Row D. Grave 19.Flight Sergeant William Ross Wicks RAF KIA Cambridge City Cemetery. Grave 13926.

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