Tansley, Mervyn Lambert
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Mervyn Lambert |
Surname | Tansley |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 06-11-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Fred Freeman Tansley and Alice Maud Tansley, of Fulham. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito XX |
Serial Number | KB364 |
Markings | 6T-P |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Fulham Palace Road Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. 1. Grave 14. |
Epitaph | HE'S OUTSOARED THE SHADOW OF OUR NIGHT AND LEFT THE VIVID SKIES SIGNED WITH HIS HONOUR |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 250 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1604944 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 608 (North Riding) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | All Saints Church, Bawdeswell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed plaques and memorabilia |
Memorial Text | In memory of Plt Off J McLean and Sgt M L Tansley of 608 Sqn RAF, killed in Mosquito KB364 which crashed returning from ops |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2101/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2101/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-11-1944 |
End Date | 07-11-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Downham Market |
Day/Night Raid | Night (58% moon) |
Operation | Gelsenkirchen. 48 Mosquitoes, 2 lost |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Bawdeswell, Norfolk, possibly due to icing |