Mewa, Alick
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Alick |
Surname | Mewa |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Date of Death | 19-08-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Ranjan Mewa, and of Piyari Mewa, of Westmere, Wellington, New Zealand. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | North American Mitchell II |
Serial Number | HD329 |
Markings | VO-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 262. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 3 |
Panel Number | Not yet erected on site |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 414320 |
Service | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Group | 2 Group, 139 Wing |
Squadron | 98 |
Squadron Motto | Never failing |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | New Zealand |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/783/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/783/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | - |
End Date | - |
Takeoff Station | Dunsfold |
Operation | Flare dropping in the Falaise Gap area |
Reason for Loss | Lost without trace |