Mercer, R G

Warrant Officer Ronald Guy Mercer

Family/Last name:
Mercer
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Ronald Guy
Place of birth:
Bristol
Date of birth:
11/9/1916
Nationality:
British
Service number:
657972
Military Unit:
Royal Air Force
Rank when captured:
Warrant Officer
Place of capture:
Holland
Date of capture:
3/1943
POW number:
27728
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Data sources
The National Archives (UK)Other Sources (Relative of John Morris)
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Ronald Guy Mercer, RAF, was assigned to RCAF 420 Squadron, flying Wellingtons. He was on a bombing raid over Essen on 12/13 March 1943 but was hit by flak on the return and crash landed in Holland.

The Air Gunner was killed by the flak and the remaining crew captured.

A420 Squadron Wellington

A420 Squadron Wellington

On the 22 January 1945, Ronald Guy Mercer was with those who were marched out of Lamsdorf. On or about 14 April 1945, John Morris, Ronald Guy Mercer, Kenneth Emmison Reed along with 4 or 5 others escaped from the column some 20km east of Halberstadt. They were picked up the next day by American forces and very quickly repatriated back to the UK.

From National Archives “General Questionnaire for British/American Ex-Prisoners of War” forms:

John Morris, Navigator (RAF)                                              George Henry Cooke, Pilot (RCAF)
Rank: Warrant Officer                                                           Rank: Warrant Officer

Service number: 657790                                                      Service number: R-122227
Interned: Lamsdorf                                                                Interned: Lamsdorf
POW number: 27729                                                            POW number: 27707

Ronald Guy Mercer, Bomb Aimer (RAF)                            Kenneth Emmison Reed (RAF)
Rank: Warrant Officer                                                           Rank: Warrant Officer 1
Service number: 657972                                                      Service number: 1186448
Interned: Lamsdorf                                                               Interned: Lamsdorf
POW number: 27728                                                           POW number: 24965

 

 

 

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