Myers, John William Anthony
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | John William Anthony |
Surname | Myers |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 19-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles Ernest Myers and of Lydia Jane Myers (Nee Cunningham), of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | LL921 |
Markings | AA-E |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Chièvres Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 37. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 217 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 405801 |
Service | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 75 (NZ) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | New Zealand |
Other Memorials
Location | A142 Mepal, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Piller and Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | Former site of RAF Mepal. Home to No 75 (New Zealand) Sqn, No 3 Gp, Bomber Command, 1943-1945 |
Location | Village Centre, Mepal, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A stone memorial, donated by former members of 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF stationed at Mepal between 1943 and 1945 |
Location | St. Andrews Church, Sutton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in Wooden Case with brass plaque |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour. Plaque, Presented by 75(NZ) Sqn Association - UK Branch in memory of Comrades named in the Roll of Honour |
Location | St. Marys Church, Feltwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Piller and Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 75 (NZ) Sqn, RAF. Formed at RAF Feltwell in April 1940 and flew from there until June 1942. The Sqn number was presented to New Zealand becoming 75 Sqn RNZAF in October 1946 until its disbanding in December 2001. |
Location | Newmarket Racecourse, Newmarket, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | Remembering No 75 (New Zealand) Sqn, No 3 Gp Bomber Command. RAF Newmarket Heath, November 1942 - June 1943 |
Miscellaneous Information
Of the surviving six crew, three evaded capture and three became PoW |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 18-07-1944 |
End Date | 19-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Mepal |
Day/Night Raid | Night (2% moon) |
Operation | Aulnoye- to bomb a railway junction. Part of a 253 aircraft raid on railway junctions at both Aulnoye and Revigny. Both targets were hit and the tracks to the front line were severed. Two losses on the Aulnoye raid but the Revigny part of the force was engaged by night-fighter and 24 Lancasters were lost (11.5% in all). 617 Sqn was particularly badly affected with 5 of its 13 aircraft lost. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Harveng, Belgium |