MEADE James Anthony

  • First Name(s):
    James 
    Anthony 
  • Surname:
    MEADE
  • Service Number:
    39240
  • Rank:

    Squadron Leader

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Air Force
  • Air Force:
    Royal Air Force
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    16th July 1943
  • Age At Death:
    27
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Pershore Cemetery, Worcestershire, England, Plot Q. Grave 380.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of James Thomas Meade, M.T.D. and of Selina Delphine Meade (nee Artis), of Calcutta, India; husband of Sylvia Nancy Meade (nee Sayers), of Woodley, Berkshire

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MEADE James Anthony Is Named On These Memorials

Ashton-Under-Hill St Barbara’s Church Hudson Aircraft Crash Memorial
Pershore Cemetery

Further Information About MEADE James Anthony

The inscription on the memorial reads:
In Memory of:
39240 Sqd/Ldr J.A. Meade D.F.C. (Pilot) R.A.F.
A404434 P/O A.J. Slaughter (Pilot) R.A.A.F. from T.F.U. R.A.F.
Defford (Worcs) who lost their lives
when their aircraft crashed whilst on
an air test over the Vale of Evesham on
July 16th 1943.
Their aircraft, a Lockheed Hudson
MK6 FK571, developed severe engine
problems resulting in engine failure
whilst flying over Ashton-under-Hill.
The two brave crew stayed with the
stricken aircraft, steering it clear of the
village. It then crashed in an inferno
of flames, in a field just north of
Ashton-under-Hill

Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.)

Squadron Leader James Anthony Meade D.F.C., age 27, serving with the Royal Air Force was buried in consecrated ground in Pershore Cemetery on 20th July 1943.  The ceremony was performed by the Reverend Oswald Earle, R.A.F. Station, Pershore.

Register of Burials in War Graves in Pershore Cemetery courtesy of Pershore Town Council.

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