Rex Jennings Measom was born on August 11, 1924. He was the son of Jennings Ty Measom and Hannah Lenora Francis Measom. Rex served in the 312th Ferrying Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group as a Private and a crew member on the B-24 #42-50762 "Flassie" aircraft during World War II. On July 6, 1944, their plane was being ferried to the mainland from Langford Lodge, Northern Ireland, and was flying south-east when it struck North Barrule while in the cloud. The aircraft crashed on an undulating slope and burned out. PVT Measom was killed in the crash. He was buried first in the Lisnabreeny Former American Military Cemetery in England. The cemetery closed in 1948 and his remains were exhumed and transferred. He is buried now in the Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah, USA.

B-24 #42-50762 "Flassie" crew:
Ronald B Dorrington - Pilot
Howard B Lynch - Pilot
Rex J Measom (unknown role)
Wilbur L Murray (unknown role)
James F Syron, Jr. - Radio Operator

Source of information:
From the book: Aircraft Wrecks: The Walker’s Guide: Historic Crash sites on the Moors and Mountains of the British Isles
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