Meyer, Jean Henri Charles
Personal Information
Rank | Adc |
Forename(s) | Jean Henri Charles |
Surname | Meyer |
Gender | M |
Age | 31 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 08-08-1944 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | NA529 |
Markings | L8- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 223 |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 211 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | C5323 |
Service | Free French Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 347 (Tunisie) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | France |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to former Technical Site, North Creake, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Sculpture, Inscribed Metal Panels & Info Boards |
Memorial Text | Remembering the Crew of Halifax bomber NA259, lost on 25th June 1945 |
Location | Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the French 346 and 347 Squadrons of the R.A.F. - Guyenne and Tunisie |
Location | B1228, Elvington, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Monument |
Memorial Text | In loving memory of the French crews of R.A.F. Squadrons 346 - 347 Guyenne and Tunisie 1939 - 1945 |
Location | York Minster, York, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of Squadrons 346 and 347 of RAF Bomber Command based at Elvington June 1944 to May 1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
Adc Meyer successfully baled out but was shot as he descended |
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1743/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1743/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 07-08-1944 |
End Date | 08-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Elvington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (83% moon) |
Operation | Fromental- to attack a flying-bomb launch site. 78 aircraft, 1 lost. Bombing was accurate |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak on crossing the French coastline. |