Bruce Sydney MEYER

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MEYER, Bruce Sydney

Service Number:	403758
Enlisted:	3 March 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 281 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 9 May 1918
Home Town:	Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Irish Sea, United Kingdom, 26 April 1944, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 403758
3 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
3 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 403758
26 Apr 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 403758, No. 281 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flight Lieutenant Bruce Sydney Meyer 403758 of 281SQN RAF was killed when Warwick BV409 crashed in the Irish Sea - his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

Also killed: Wenzel, Clarence Gerhart (Pilot Officer) J/85020 RCAF / Herbert, Robert (Flight Sergeant) 969208 RAF / Turner, Henry (Flight Sergeant) 1268615 RAF / West, Robert James (Pilot Officer) 176510 RAF (Flight Sergeant 1339354)

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