"Never was so much owed by so many to so few." (Winston Churchill)
ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF)
Sergeant/Pilot
Service #1168520
Killed In Action
Details of event:
Pilot Officer R. Lisle, Sergeant M. G. Garner, Sergeant K. R. Sewell, Sergeant J. A. A. Cox, Flight Sergeant J. J. Rogers, Sergeant W. L. Berry (RCAF), Sergeant H. T. McQuigg were KIA when aircraft failed to return from an operational flight over Magdeburgh, Germany on 14 August, 1941.
On 15th August 1941 the squadron informed Bomber Command, the Air Ministry and the RAF Records Office that the aircraft and crew were missing.
The crew's kit and personal belongings were removed from their lockers and catalogued; kit was returned to stores and personal belongings sent to the RAF Central Depository at RAF Colnbrook.
The Air Ministry Casualty Branch, which was responsible for investigating, monitoring and reporting on the status of missing aircraft and airmen, subsequently published the following information regarding the crew:
Air Ministry Casualty Communique No. 82 (Flight 16/10/1941) shows MG Garner and WL Berry as "missing, believed killed in action". It also shows JAA Cox, R Lisle, HT McQuigg, JJ Rogers and KR Sewell as "missing".
Air Ministry Casualty Communique No. 122 (Flight 02/04/1942) shows MG Garner and WL Berry "previously reported missing, believed killed in action" as "now presumed killed in action".
Air Ministry Casualty Communique No. 139 (Flight 09/07/1942) shows JAA Cox, R Lisle, HT McQuigg, JJ Rogers and KR Sewell "previously reported missing" as "now presumed killed in action".
Note: Presumption of death enabled a death certificate to be issued; personal belongings could then be returned to the next of kin, along with any monies due.
No. 35 Squadron's Operations Record Book shows the following information was received relating to the crew:
16/09/1941: Information received from International Red Cross Society that Sgt Pilot Garner and Sgt Berry (Tail Gunner) missing on operations on 15th August 1941 were killed.
Post War search for the missing crew members:
After the war, an investigation officer from the Royal Air Force Missing Research and Enquiry Service (MRES) was tasked with locating the remains of the missing crew member(s).
Original German documents, burial records and eye witness accounts were utilised to establish the location of the crash site, the cause of the loss and the initial fate of the crew; information was recorded in a MRES Investigation Report.
As part of the process, any remains that were located were exhumed, identified (wherever possible) and concentrated (reinterred) at one of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's (CWGC) Cemeteries in the country that they fell, in accordance with Government policy at the time.
Graves were marked with a simple wooden cross, which was replaced by the familiar CWGC headstone during the 1950's.
Missing airmen who could not be found, or formally identified, had their names commemorated on the Air Forces Memorial at Runnymede, which was unveiled in 1953.
CWGC records show that the remains of all the crew members were located at Lingen New Cemetery, Germany.
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"These heroes are dead. They died for liberty - they died for us. They are at rest. They may or may not sleep in the land they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless, under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful willows, and the embracing vines. They sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each in the windowless Place of Rest. Earth may run red with other wars - they are at peace. In the midst of battle, in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death. I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living; tears for the dead." ~Robert G. Ingersoll
ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF)
Sergeant/Pilot
Service #1168520
Killed In Action
Details of event:
Pilot Officer R. Lisle, Sergeant M. G. Garner, Sergeant K. R. Sewell, Sergeant J. A. A. Cox, Flight Sergeant J. J. Rogers, Sergeant W. L. Berry (RCAF), Sergeant H. T. McQuigg were KIA when aircraft failed to return from an operational flight over Magdeburgh, Germany on 14 August, 1941.
On 15th August 1941 the squadron informed Bomber Command, the Air Ministry and the RAF Records Office that the aircraft and crew were missing.
The crew's kit and personal belongings were removed from their lockers and catalogued; kit was returned to stores and personal belongings sent to the RAF Central Depository at RAF Colnbrook.
The Air Ministry Casualty Branch, which was responsible for investigating, monitoring and reporting on the status of missing aircraft and airmen, subsequently published the following information regarding the crew:
Air Ministry Casualty Communique No. 82 (Flight 16/10/1941) shows MG Garner and WL Berry as "missing, believed killed in action". It also shows JAA Cox, R Lisle, HT McQuigg, JJ Rogers and KR Sewell as "missing".
Air Ministry Casualty Communique No. 122 (Flight 02/04/1942) shows MG Garner and WL Berry "previously reported missing, believed killed in action" as "now presumed killed in action".
Air Ministry Casualty Communique No. 139 (Flight 09/07/1942) shows JAA Cox, R Lisle, HT McQuigg, JJ Rogers and KR Sewell "previously reported missing" as "now presumed killed in action".
Note: Presumption of death enabled a death certificate to be issued; personal belongings could then be returned to the next of kin, along with any monies due.
No. 35 Squadron's Operations Record Book shows the following information was received relating to the crew:
16/09/1941: Information received from International Red Cross Society that Sgt Pilot Garner and Sgt Berry (Tail Gunner) missing on operations on 15th August 1941 were killed.
Post War search for the missing crew members:
After the war, an investigation officer from the Royal Air Force Missing Research and Enquiry Service (MRES) was tasked with locating the remains of the missing crew member(s).
Original German documents, burial records and eye witness accounts were utilised to establish the location of the crash site, the cause of the loss and the initial fate of the crew; information was recorded in a MRES Investigation Report.
As part of the process, any remains that were located were exhumed, identified (wherever possible) and concentrated (reinterred) at one of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's (CWGC) Cemeteries in the country that they fell, in accordance with Government policy at the time.
Graves were marked with a simple wooden cross, which was replaced by the familiar CWGC headstone during the 1950's.
Missing airmen who could not be found, or formally identified, had their names commemorated on the Air Forces Memorial at Runnymede, which was unveiled in 1953.
CWGC records show that the remains of all the crew members were located at Lingen New Cemetery, Germany.
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
"These heroes are dead. They died for liberty - they died for us. They are at rest. They may or may not sleep in the land they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless, under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful willows, and the embracing vines. They sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each in the windowless Place of Rest. Earth may run red with other wars - they are at peace. In the midst of battle, in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death. I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living; tears for the dead." ~Robert G. Ingersoll
"Never was so much owed by so many to so few." (Winston Churchill)
ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF)
Sergeant/Pilot
Service #1168520
Killed In Action
Details of event:
Pilot Officer R. Lisle, Sergeant M. G. Garner, Sergeant K. R. Sewell, Sergeant J. A. A. Cox, Flight Sergeant J. J. Rogers, Sergeant W. L. Berry (RCAF), Sergeant H. T. McQuigg were KIA when aircraft failed to return from an operational flight over Magdeburgh, Germany on 14 August, 1941.
On 15th August 1941 the squadron informed Bomber Command, the Air Ministry and the RAF Records Office that the aircraft and crew were missing.
The crew's kit and personal belongings were removed from their lockers and catalogued; kit was returned to stores and personal belongings sent to the RAF Central Depository at RAF Colnbrook.
The Air Ministry Casualty Branch, which was responsible for investigating, monitoring and reporting on the status of missing aircraft and airmen, subsequently published the following information regarding the crew:
Air Ministry Casualty Communique No. 82 (Flight 16/10/1941) shows MG Garner and WL Berry as "missing, believed killed in action". It also shows JAA Cox, R Lisle, HT McQuigg, JJ Rogers and KR Sewell as "missing".
Air Ministry Casualty Communique No. 122 (Flight 02/04/1942) shows MG Garner and WL Berry "previously reported missing, believed killed in action" as "now presumed killed in action".
Air Ministry Casualty Communique No. 139 (Flight 09/07/1942) shows JAA Cox, R Lisle, HT McQuigg, JJ Rogers and KR Sewell "previously reported missing" as "now presumed killed in action".
Note: Presumption of death enabled a death certificate to be issued; personal belongings could then be returned to the next of kin, along with any monies due.
No. 35 Squadron's Operations Record Book shows the following information was received relating to the crew:
16/09/1941: Information received from International Red Cross Society that Sgt Pilot Garner and Sgt Berry (Tail Gunner) missing on operations on 15th August 1941 were killed.
Post War search for the missing crew members:
After the war, an investigation officer from the Royal Air Force Missing Research and Enquiry Service (MRES) was tasked with locating the remains of the missing crew member(s).
Original German documents, burial records and eye witness accounts were utilised to establish the location of the crash site, the cause of the loss and the initial fate of the crew; information was recorded in a MRES Investigation Report.
As part of the process, any remains that were located were exhumed, identified (wherever possible) and concentrated (reinterred) at one of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's (CWGC) Cemeteries in the country that they fell, in accordance with Government policy at the time.
Graves were marked with a simple wooden cross, which was replaced by the familiar CWGC headstone during the 1950's.
Missing airmen who could not be found, or formally identified, had their names commemorated on the Air Forces Memorial at Runnymede, which was unveiled in 1953.
CWGC records show that the remains of all the crew members were located at Lingen New Cemetery, Germany.
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
"These heroes are dead. They died for liberty - they died for us. They are at rest. They may or may not sleep in the land they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless, under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful willows, and the embracing vines. They sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each in the windowless Place of Rest. Earth may run red with other wars - they are at peace. In the midst of battle, in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death. I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living; tears for the dead." ~Robert G. Ingersoll
ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF)
Sergeant/Pilot
Service #1168520
Killed In Action
Details of event:
Pilot Officer R. Lisle, Sergeant M. G. Garner, Sergeant K. R. Sewell, Sergeant J. A. A. Cox, Flight Sergeant J. J. Rogers, Sergeant W. L. Berry (RCAF), Sergeant H. T. McQuigg were KIA when aircraft failed to return from an operational flight over Magdeburgh, Germany on 14 August, 1941.
On 15th August 1941 the squadron informed Bomber Command, the Air Ministry and the RAF Records Office that the aircraft and crew were missing.
The crew's kit and personal belongings were removed from their lockers and catalogued; kit was returned to stores and personal belongings sent to the RAF Central Depository at RAF Colnbrook.
The Air Ministry Casualty Branch, which was responsible for investigating, monitoring and reporting on the status of missing aircraft and airmen, subsequently published the following information regarding the crew:
Air Ministry Casualty Communique No. 82 (Flight 16/10/1941) shows MG Garner and WL Berry as "missing, believed killed in action". It also shows JAA Cox, R Lisle, HT McQuigg, JJ Rogers and KR Sewell as "missing".
Air Ministry Casualty Communique No. 122 (Flight 02/04/1942) shows MG Garner and WL Berry "previously reported missing, believed killed in action" as "now presumed killed in action".
Air Ministry Casualty Communique No. 139 (Flight 09/07/1942) shows JAA Cox, R Lisle, HT McQuigg, JJ Rogers and KR Sewell "previously reported missing" as "now presumed killed in action".
Note: Presumption of death enabled a death certificate to be issued; personal belongings could then be returned to the next of kin, along with any monies due.
No. 35 Squadron's Operations Record Book shows the following information was received relating to the crew:
16/09/1941: Information received from International Red Cross Society that Sgt Pilot Garner and Sgt Berry (Tail Gunner) missing on operations on 15th August 1941 were killed.
Post War search for the missing crew members:
After the war, an investigation officer from the Royal Air Force Missing Research and Enquiry Service (MRES) was tasked with locating the remains of the missing crew member(s).
Original German documents, burial records and eye witness accounts were utilised to establish the location of the crash site, the cause of the loss and the initial fate of the crew; information was recorded in a MRES Investigation Report.
As part of the process, any remains that were located were exhumed, identified (wherever possible) and concentrated (reinterred) at one of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's (CWGC) Cemeteries in the country that they fell, in accordance with Government policy at the time.
Graves were marked with a simple wooden cross, which was replaced by the familiar CWGC headstone during the 1950's.
Missing airmen who could not be found, or formally identified, had their names commemorated on the Air Forces Memorial at Runnymede, which was unveiled in 1953.
CWGC records show that the remains of all the crew members were located at Lingen New Cemetery, Germany.
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
"These heroes are dead. They died for liberty - they died for us. They are at rest. They may or may not sleep in the land they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless, under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful willows, and the embracing vines. They sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each in the windowless Place of Rest. Earth may run red with other wars - they are at peace. In the midst of battle, in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death. I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living; tears for the dead." ~Robert G. Ingersoll
Inscription
"IN MEMORY OF MICHAEL, WHOM WE LOVED"
Gravesite Details
Sergeant (Pilot), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Age: 19.
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