PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Meager, William Harry "Bill" "Lofty"
Date of birth: May 16th, 1923 (Ealing-Middlesex/London, Great Britain)
Date of death:  September 12th, 1944
Buried on:  Commonwealth War Cemetery Durnbach
Nationality:  British
BIOGRAPHY: 
Service number: 1456465, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves.
Enlisted on 25th August 1941.
William Meager's plane, a Lancaster Bomber LM242, was shot down by Peter Spoden, on the return journey from a raid on Darmstadt, The 'plane crashed on a sportsfield near Frankfurt. William Meager was killed and the rest of the crew survived, but were taken as POW's.

Promotions:
25th August 1941: AC 2;
14th May 1944: Sergeant.
     
FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR
Rank: Sergeant
Unit: No. 463 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron
 
     
1939-1945 STAR
Rank: Sergeant
Unit: No. 463 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron
 
     
WAR MEDAL 1939-1945
Rank: Sergeant
Unit: No. 463 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron
 
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