In Memory Of

MILES, JACK

Service Details
Age:
 25
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 777922
Rank:
 Sergeant
Unit:
 9 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1943-04-04
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 10. D. 16.
Cemetery:
 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Country:
 Germany
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