Pearce, Merlin
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Merlin |
Surname | Pearce |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | MiD |
Date of Death | 13-09-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Taliesin and Emily Francis Pearce. Husband of Nita Mary Pearce, of Llantwitfarde, Glamorgan. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ912 |
Markings | C8-Y |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 10. A. 15. |
Epitaph | HIS SPIRIT PLAYS LIKE A LAMBENT LIGHT, CARESSING THE SHADOWS OF DEEPENING NIGHT |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 224 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 161468 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 640 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Normandy Barracks, Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Metal Sculpture Brick Pillars and Inscribed Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Leconfield, including 640 Sqn |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Beverley, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those of 640 Sqn who were killed during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
Mentioned in Despatches June 1944 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2216/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2157/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 13-09-1944 |
End Date | 13-09-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Leconfield |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Gelsenkirchen (Nordstern synthetic oil plant). 140 aircraft. A smoke screen prevented the bombers assessing the damage. 2 aircraft lost. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Bottrop, Germany |