Mayville, Joseph Fernard
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Joseph Fernard |
Surname | Mayville |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 11-02-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Joseph Albert and Marie Alfreda Mayville, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LW395 |
Markings | KW-O |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Pershore Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot R. Grave 101. |
Epitaph | MAY HE REST IN PEACE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 206 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/141896 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 425 (Alouette) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary the Virgin Church, Hanbury, Worcestershire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Framed Scroll |
Memorial Text | In memory of all those who died in the loss of Halifax "O-Oboe" of 425 (RCAF) Sqn on 11th Feb 1944 |
Location | Outside Village Hall, Dishforth, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the Canadian aircrew of 425 and 426 Sqns RCAF who served at RAF Dishforth, 1942-1945 |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, inscribed metal plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial, in French, to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 425 Sqn |
Location | Former Control Tower, Tholthorpe Airfield, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 425 Sqn |
Miscellaneous Information
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 11-02-1944 |
End Date | 11-02-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Tholthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- Bullseye exercise over the Midlands |
Reason for Loss | Crashed, due to port outer engine failure, south of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire |