LEST WE FORGET
Air Operations (No. 464 Squadron Mosquito aircraft MT129), France, 22 June 1944
Mosquito MT129 took off from RAF Thorney Island at 0107 hours on the night of 21/22nd June 1944 being one of sixteen aircraft from the Squadron detailed to bomb various targets in support of the Army invasion of France. MT129 failed to return from the mission. It was later learned that both crew members had been killed and they are buried in the Creil Communal Cemetery.
The crew members of MT129 were:
Flight Lieutenant John Langham Martin (45053) (RAF) (Pilot)
Sergeant Hadyn Llewellyn Morgan (992108) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Bibliography:
Lax, M. (Mark) and Leon Kane-Maguire The Gestapo Hunters: 464 Squadron RAAF 1942-5, Banner Books Maryborough QLD 4650, 1999
Vincent, D. (David) Mosquito Monograph: A history of Mosquitoes in Australia and RAAF operations, David Vincent Highbury SA 5089, 1982