Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Biography -
- M Matthews -

Name

Martin Frederick Matthews, Son of Henry James Matthews and Agnes Lucy Matthews of Shanklin, Isle of Wight.
 
Service details

Sergeant 1602105 M F Matthews (Air Bomber), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

CWGC record ...

His name is recorded on the Shanklin War Memorial

Date of Death :	Died 22nd March 1945 aged 22
Where buried or commemorated :	Cambridge City Cemetery Coll Grave 15564-9
Aircraft :	Avro Lancaster Mk.I HK773 LS-W of 15 Sqn
Crew
Pilot :	W/O F J Newton, RAAF	CWGC record ...
Flight Engineer :	Sgt W J Dee	CWGC record ...
Navigator :	Sgt C A J Church	CWGC record ...
Wireless Operator :	sgt G A Cope	CWGC record ...
Air Gunner :	Sgt P Cooley	CWGC record ...
Air Gunner :	Sgt T E Jenkins	CWGC record ...

The aircraft left RAF Mildenhall at 10.55 on Ops to Bocholt, but crashed 2 minutes after take off with an engine on fire. It blew up over Mundford, Norfolk, 4 miles NE of Brandon. All the crew were killed and are buried in a collective grave at Cambridge City Cemetery. This was the last Lancaster of 15 Sqn to be lost in the war.

Sgt Matthews had lived at Shanklin, Isle of Wight.

Information provided by : John Bloodworth