Matherly Jones Monroe

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Jones Monroe Matherly is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

Canada's Bomber Command Memorial Panels

ISOB Jones Munroe Matherly

Name:

Jones Monroe Matherly

Rank:

Flying Officer

Serial Number:

J/24429

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Date of Death:

1944-02-01

State:

Florida

Cemetery:

Botley Cemetery, Botley, Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire, England

Plot:

Plot I/2.

Row:

Grave:

148

Decoration:

Comments:

Jones Monroe Matherly was born on February 15, 1916, in Sarasota County, Florida. He was the son of Jones Monroe Matherly and Mary Jane Matherly.

Jones served in the #427 Lion Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Flying Officer during World War II. He was Killed in Action on February 1, 1944, when his crew, aboard Halifax aircraft #LV 828, were on a cross-country exercise and crashed one mile from RAF Station Grafton in Underwood, England. All members bailed out to safety except for F/O Matherly.