Tyler, Morris John Edward
Personal Information
Rank | W/O |
Forename(s) | Morris John Edward |
Surname | Tyler |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-01-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Edward and Daisy Edith Rachel Tyler. Husband of Irene Maud Tyler, of Walthamstow, Essex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | NA602 |
Markings | DY-Y |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hanover War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 1. B. 11. |
Epitaph | MEMORIES SILENTLY KEPT OF ONE WE LOVED AND NEVER FORGET. MUM AND IRENE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 256 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1415838 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 102 (Ceylon) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Catherine's Church Barmby Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in wall mounted wooden case, Sqn Badge above |
Memorial Text | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn Roll of Honour and Sqn badge |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, Easy Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stylised Memorial with inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF and 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF which served at RAF Pocklington during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/811/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/811/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-01-1945 |
End Date | 06-01-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (55% moon) |
Operation | Hannover. 664 aircraft, 31 losses (4.7%). Bombs fell throughout the city. 493 buildings were destroyed and 250 people killed. |
Reason for Loss | Thought to have come down at Frielingen, NE of Wunstorf, Germany |