John Percival Merritt
Pilot Officer · J/85569 · Canadian
- Died
- 31 March 1944, aged 24
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Hotton War Cemetery, Belgium
Operations on this date. One raid in this archive was flown on the night of 31 March 1944: Operation Nuremberg raid. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Timeline
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30 March 1944
Flew Operation Nuremberg raid
Navigator, ND767 GI-D — Crashed outbound -
31 March 1944
Died
aged 24
Crew & operations
Flew as Navigator with No. 622 Squadron.
- Operation Nuremberg raid (30 March 1944) — aircraft ND767 GI-D (Avro Lancaster) — Crashed outbound
Crew: Cleveland Julian Schmidt (Bomb aimer) · Henry Fredrick Page (Flight engineer) · Gordon Robert Collins (Other) · John Coup (Other) · Eric Pickin (Pilot) · Raymond John Asplen (Wireless operator)
Source: CWGC casualty record: MERRITT, JOHN PERCIVAL → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission