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.