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#Name* SORT (↑)First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.Photo (Click to Expand)CommemoratedBornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)AircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateReferring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
1 JonesMervyn AnthonyFlt Sgt748630
Runnymede1919-05-12BritishPilotDFC

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RAFVR1 PRU1942-04-03SpitfirePR typeAA797Photo recce TirpitzShot down by Staffelkäpitan Hermann Segatz of 8./JG 5. Bf 109KilledSon of Herbert Jones and Anne Elisabeth Anthony. The family later owned Cillefwr Farm, Carmarthen. Mervyn was a well-known jockey prior to the war and had won the Grand National Steeplechase in 1940, riding Bogskar, not long after having enlisted into the RAF with his brother William. Both Pilots. Mervyn posted to 1 PRU. Mervyn made several daring attacks against German U-Boats. He was awarded the DFC, and was also Mentioned in Despatches for his gallantry during the war. The recommendation for his DFC, published in the London Gazette of 20 August 1943, read: ‘Pilot Officer Jones has maintained a very high standard in his work throughout his operational career. He made four attacks on U-Boats, inflicting damage on three occasions. He has also made a very determined attack on a blockade runner. Recently he was captain of an aircraft which successfully fought off attacks by seven Ju. 88s over a period of 45 minutes. The safe return of the aircraft was largely due to this officer’s fine tactics and superb airmanship.’ His Mention in Despatches was listed in the London Gazette of 1 January 1943. Posted missing after a North Sea sortie. AA797, has since been discovered and recovered from the Fjord between Frosta and Tømmerdalen in Leksvik. His brother William was killed just over two years later.

F/Sgt. Mervyn Anthony Jones PRU-Spitfire AA797 failed to return after his eleventh sortie over Norway. He was shot down by Staffelkäpitan Hermann Segatz of 8./JG 5. The Spitfire crashed into the fjord between Frosta and Tømmerdalen in Leksvik. Jones managed to bail out, but drowned. 9. Staffel of JG 5 was based at Lade in Trondheim. Their task was to protect Tirpitz in Fættenfjord. They were responsible for many of the PRU's April losses.

Son of Herbert and Anne Elisabeth Jones, of Carmarthen. Rode the winner of Grand National Steeplechase, 1940.

FF 30-9-41 1PRU 1-10-41 HAL 30-11-41 mods 1PRU 10-12-41 Missing from PR mission to Trondheim SOC 3-4-42
2 JonesWilliam Hywel Anthony139316
Runnymede25 December 1915 Llwynwhilwg Farm, Llanelli WalesBritishPilotRAFVRCoastal Command517Sqn

1944-11-14Halifax VRAF BrawdySon of Herbert and Anne Elisabeth Anthony. Educated at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Carmarthen. Well-known jockey like his brother Mervyn, and rode against him in the 1940 Grand National, falling from his horse ‘National Night’. Qualified as a Pilot on 517Sqn which on Halifax V. William was posted missing during his second tour of operations on 14 November 1944. He was 29 years old, and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.See AA797

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