John McBean Meaney
This story is shared by the Trust with kind permission from Pete Colley, Curator, Wickenby Museum.
Remembering John McBean Meaney, Sgt, flight engineer, aged 19, son of Francis and Elizabeth Meaney, of Edinburgh. He was serving as a crew member in Lancaster MkIII, LM136 and was killed on his 9th mission attacking Courtrai when the aircraft crashed off the coast of Belgium.
Crew of LM136
FALLEN HEROES
JOHN MCBEAN MEANEY
Royal Air Force • SERGEANT
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
626 Squadron, Royal Air ForceDIED | 21 July 1944
AGE | 19
SERVICE NO. | 1573695
FALLEN HEROES
JOHN MCBEAN MEANEY
Royal Air Force • SERGEANT
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
626 Squadron, Royal Air ForceDIED | 21 July 1944
AGE | 19
SERVICE NO. | 1573695
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