MURRAY James Walter

  • First Name(s):
    James 
    Walter 
  • Surname:
    MURRAY
  • Service Number:
    104453
  • Rank:

    Pilot Officer/Pilot

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Air Force
  • Air Force:
    Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
  • Air Force Unit:
    214 Squadron
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    11th April 1942
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany, Grave 19. F. 4.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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MURRAY James Walter Is Named On These Memorials

Malvern College WW2 Memorial

Further Information About MURRAY James Walter

James Murray was born in 1919. He attended Malvern College in House 5 from 1933 to 1937.

On 10th April 1942 James Murray was the pilot of Wellington HB856 which took off from RAF Stradishall on a mission to bomb Essen in Germany. The target area was obscured by heavy cloud and after encountering heavy and accurate anti-aircraft fire, the aircraft crashed at Gelsenkirschen-Hullen killing all the crew. Originally buried at the crash site, after the war the crew were reburied in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.

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