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Sergeant Rex Nigel Hugh Jones

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Sergeant Rex Nigel Hugh Jones Veteran

Birth
Smethwick, Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England
Death
2 Oct 1942 (aged 22)
Haldern, Kreis Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Burial
Kleve, Kreis Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Add to Map
Plot
Joint Grave 8. E. 7-8.
Memorial ID
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Rex Nigel Hugh Jones, Son of Charles Jones and of Dagmar Constance Jones (nee Knipe), of Smethwick, Staffordshire, England. Rex was served with the RNZAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Wellington BK271 115 Squadron crashed near Haldern, Kreis Kleve Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany...

Takeoff at 18:45 hrs local time for an operation to Krefeld.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer of the Stab III./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.
Crew:
Flight Sergeant Frederick Charles ADSETT (R/92747) RCAF KIA Ref : Joint grave 8. E. 9-10.
Sergeant Rex Nigel Hugh JONES (411217) RNZAF KIA Ref : Joint grave 8. E. 7-8.
Sergeant George Wilfred MARTIN (405302) RAF KIA Ref : 8. E. 11.
Sergeant George NELSON (412476) RAF KIA Ref : Joint grave 8. E. 7-8.
Sergeant Kenneth Tempest TURVEY (925966) RAF KIA Ref : Joint grave 8. E. 9-10.

All five rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.

Adsett was Commemorated on Page 54 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Rex Nigel Hugh Jones, Son of Charles Jones and of Dagmar Constance Jones (nee Knipe), of Smethwick, Staffordshire, England. Rex was served with the RNZAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Wellington BK271 115 Squadron crashed near Haldern, Kreis Kleve Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany...

Takeoff at 18:45 hrs local time for an operation to Krefeld.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer of the Stab III./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.
Crew:
Flight Sergeant Frederick Charles ADSETT (R/92747) RCAF KIA Ref : Joint grave 8. E. 9-10.
Sergeant Rex Nigel Hugh JONES (411217) RNZAF KIA Ref : Joint grave 8. E. 7-8.
Sergeant George Wilfred MARTIN (405302) RAF KIA Ref : 8. E. 11.
Sergeant George NELSON (412476) RAF KIA Ref : Joint grave 8. E. 7-8.
Sergeant Kenneth Tempest TURVEY (925966) RAF KIA Ref : Joint grave 8. E. 9-10.

All five rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.

Adsett was Commemorated on Page 54 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.

Gravesite Details

411217 Sergeant (Obs.), Royal New Zealand Air Force. Age: 22.


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