Mirfin, Ernest
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Ernest |
Surname | Mirfin |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | Twice MiD |
Date of Death | 27-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alfred Ernest and Florence Beatrice Mirfin, of Woodseats, Sheffield. Husband of Bertha Lilian May Mirfin. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JA928 |
Markings | OL-W |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Lignerolles Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 2. |
Epitaph | A DEVOTED HUSBAND, A LOVING FATHER, WORTHY SON. NOBLY LIVED, GALLANTLY DIED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 74 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 48966 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 83 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating 83 Sqn Lancaster, one of the Pathfinder Sqn's operating from RAF Wyton 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Michaels's Church, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Plaque & 83 Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | This Chapel was furnished by members and friends of 83 Pathfinder Sqn and is dedicated to the memory of those airmen who lost their lives on flying operations from RAF Coningsby in WWII |
Miscellaneous Information
Mentioned in Despatches June 1943 and January 1944 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/688/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/688/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 26-04-1944 |
End Date | 27-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Coningsby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (20% moon) |
Operation | Schweinfurt |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Oblt. Dietrich Schmidt of 8./NJG1 at 01:47hrs and crashed at Lignerolles in central France |