Service Details
Name:
 MILES
Given Name:
 JACK
Initials:
 J
Service No:
 777922
Trade:
 Air Gnr.
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 9 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-04-04
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Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lancaster III ED479, took off 1958hrs 3 April 1943 from Waddington. Aircraft was hit by flak from several batteries and crashed at Duisburg- Meiderich, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany. They were returning from a bombing raid on Essen to RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, England. Six other crew also died in the crash
Additional
Information:
Son of Archibald Picket and Beatrice (nee Rothwell) Miles, of New Hanover, Natal, South Africa. Commemoration stone in New Hanover All Saints Anglican Church Cemetery, Kwazulu Natal. Commemorated on Greytown, KZN WWII Memorial. Commemorated on a 9 Squadron RAF WWII Stone Memorial, Propeller & Plaque on the Village Green, Bardney, Lincolnshire, England
Commemoration
Country:
 Germany
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Locality:
 Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen
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Cemetery:
 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 10. D. 16.

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