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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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157 Squadron Crest
23.03.1943 No. 157 Squadron Mosquito II DZ248 Sq/Ldr. Mervyn H. Herbert (Clive)

Operation: Defensive Patrol

Date: 23rd March 1943

Unit: No. 157 Squadron

Type: Mosquito II

Serial: DZ248

Code: RS-?

Base: RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex

Location: Manningtree, Essex

Pilot: Sq/Ldr. Mervyn Horation Herbert 86326 RAFVR Age 38. Killed

Navigator: P/O. Albert Eastwood 139391 RAFVR Age 25. Killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

After making defensive patrols over the Bradwell area they then commenced a proactive interception. Shortly after this the Mosquito dived vertically into the ground. Killing both crew members.

It is not known if the Mosquito was inadvertently hit by another aircraft during this practice interception or by anti-aircraft fire as reported in other publications.

Close up of memorial - showing name of P/O. Eastwood


Burial details:

Sq/Ldr. Mervyn Horation Herbert Welshpool (Christ Church) Churchyard - South side of Church. Viscount Clive, 17th Baron D'arcy de Knayth. Son of George Charles Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis and of The Countess of Powis, 16th Baroness D'arcy de Knayth, Powis Castle Welshpool, husband of Viscountess Clive (née Cuthbert), of Powis Castle, Welshpool. Barrister.

P/O. Albert Eastwood Rochdale Crematorium Panel 2. Son of Albert and Lily Eastwood, of Rochdale, England.

Researched for Neil Harwood - nephew of P/O. Albert Eastwood. With thanks also to Helen for the grave photo of Sq/Ldr. Mervyn Herbert.

KTY Page updated 01.11.2016

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Acknowledgements
Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and Captain François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Andrew Mielnik: Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Polish graves: https://niebieskaeskadra.pl/, PoW Museum Żagań, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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