69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (British Air Force)
Died:
25/08/1942 (Killed in Action)
Age:
21
Summary
Mervyn Frederick McCrea was the son of John F and Caroline E McCrea. He was born about 1921. Sergeant Mervyn McCrea served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in World War Two. By August 1842, Sergeant Mervyn McCrea was with 69 Squadron. On 25th August 1942, Sergeant McCrea was part of a four man crew of a Baltimore aircraft (Serial No AG697), which took off and failed to return from a search for a Beaufort crew lost the previous day.
The Malta Memorial is situated in the area of Floriana and is easily identified by the Golden Eagle which surmounts the column. It stands just outside the main entrance to Valletta.
