Saville, Jack Herbert
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Jack Herbert |
Surname | Saville |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 08-08-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Herbert and Lilian Saville, of Coventry. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Bristol Blenheim IV |
Serial Number | L9472 |
Markings | EV- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 19. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 238 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 745096 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 2 |
Squadron | 18 (Burma) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to former MQ Site, West Raynham, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial, Inscribed Slate Tablets and Concrete Plinth |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to the memory of all who served at West Raynham, military and civilian of all ranks 1939 - 1994 |
Miscellaneous Information
The Coventry Herald 31 August 1940 reported Coventry Pilot Missing; ‘A freeman of Coventry 23 year old Sergeant Pilot Jack Herbert Saville, son of Mr and Mrs H. Saville, 324 Allesley Old Road, is reported to be missing. He was apprenticed with the Coventry Gauge and Tool Co.’ |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/243/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/243/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-08-1940 |
End Date | 08-08-1940 |
Takeoff Station | West Raynham |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Bomb airfields at Schipol and Valkenburg |
Reason for Loss | Presumed lost at sea |