Mercer, Richard Henry
Personal Information
Rank | LAC |
Forename(s) | Richard Henry |
Surname | Mercer |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 15-04-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Richard Mercer and Elizabeth Mercer |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Bristol Blenheim IV |
Serial Number | L8752 |
Markings | VE-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 23. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 211 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 546929 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 2 |
Squadron | 110 (Hyderabad) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Northern Perimeter of Airfield, Wattisham, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with Inscribed Stone Tablets |
Memorial Text | This memorial is dedicated to RAF Wattisham, AAF Station 377 and AAF Station 470 from 1939 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/857/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/857/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 15-04-1940 |
End Date | 15-04-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Wattisham |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Reconnaissance off Heligoland |
Reason for Loss | Shot down after attacking a German patrol vessel and crashed into the sea in the vicinity of St Peter-Ording (Schleswig-Holstein). Claimed by Georg Graner 3(J)./LG2 - West of St. Peter-Ording at 10:37. |