Mervyn G McNeil's operational missions

**Mervyn's** Operational Missions [ **McNeil page | lost in wars page** ]
Sgt Mervyn George McNeil - 218 Sqdn Marham, Norfolk
10 February 1941	Training sortie Sgt-Pilot M J Fraser, Sgt D A Dacre, Sgt Slack, Sgt Wilkes, Sgt Hutchinson
15 February 1941	7 A/C raid on Boulogne Docks Much light flak experienced
23 February 1941	3 A/C raid on Boulogne Docks
25 February 1941	Boulogne Docks Landed in error at Swanton Morley – mistook airfield beacon
2 March 1941	8 A/C raid on ‘Hipper’ Class Cruiser, Brest Landed at St Eval Cornwall – wireless problems
12 March 1941	9 A/C raid on Bremen To bomb the Folke Wolfe aircraft works.
13 March 1941	11 A/C raid on Hamburg T/O 2100 L/D 0430 Crew - Tibbetts had replaced Slack Attacked at 15000ft by ME110 from under stern affecting hydraulic system. The ME110 pursued them for 1½ hrs across the English Channel. Crash landed at Marham. McNeil and Hutchinson received wounds.
30 April 1941	9 A/C raid on Kiel Crew - Forster, Franks, Hartley, Booth, Dunk>
3 May 1941	*Raid on Brest - Battle cruiser ‘Scharnhorst’* Crew - Vanderword replaced Forster
5 May 1941	Raid on Mannheim Crew Forster replaced Vanderword
7 May 1941	*10 A/C raid on Brest - Battle cruiser ‘Scharnhorst’* Crew as above Landed at Boscombe Down Hampshire – fuel shortage
10 May 1941	10 A/C raid on Hamburg Crew as above
10 June 1941	Raid on Brest Crew Sherring, Franks, Hartley, Booth, Marshall
12 June 1941	Raid on Hamm Crew as above
Commissioned Flying Officer McNeil, 14 June 1942 - 27 OTU, Lichfield
25 June 1942	Raid on Bremen T/O 2251 L/D 0526 Sgt Tilson, Sgt Yates, Sgt Gower, P/O Thompson
28 July 1942	Raid on Hamburg P/O Nash, Sgt Morgan, Sgt O’Halloran, Sgt McKee, Sgt Luedke All A/C recalled to base without bombing
31 July 1942	10 A/C Raid on Düsseldorf T/O 2341 Wellington DV552-N Crew as above The route to be flown was Lich-Southwold-Ouddop-Dusseldorf-Julich-Noordland-Southwold-Lich The bomb load was 1 500lb and 6 containers each containing 8 30lb incendaries 7 A/C attacked the target from 8000 -13000 ft between 0206 - 0230 hrs No A/C was to attack the target after 0300 hrs Weather was mostly favourable Reports from the ground at a later date said McNeil's A/C crashed at 0330 2 A/C were lost. The other was lost near Düsseldorf

(A/C = aircraft)

Thanks to Christopher Pointon of the RAF Lichfield Association
for obtaining these details from the PRO at London

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