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MEDHURST JE
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MEDHURST, Joseph

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Vickers Wellington IC
Serial Number Z8897
Markings DX-
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Rheinberg War Cemetery
Grave Reference 1. B. 21..
Epitaph PAULATIM ERGO CERTE "SUNSET AND EVENING STAR AND ONE CLEAR CALL FOR ME" (Latin: Slowly therefore surely - the motto of Latymer Upper School, which Jospeh attended. Poem is Crossing the Bar by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, later set to music as a hymn).
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 211
Enlistment information
Service Number 1281206
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 3
Squadron 57
Trade Observer
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 10-10-1941
End Date 11-10-1941
Takeoff Station Feltwell
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Cologne
Reason for Loss Lost over Germany