Ralph Franklin Mechin
Record type: War Memorials
Biography: Canadian airman, killed in an aircraft accident in the Isle of Man. Rank: Flight Sergeant Trade: Air Bomber. Service Number: R/161462. Date of Death: 06NOV1943. Age: 24. Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force. Grave Reference: Grave 358. Cemetery: St. Patrick’s Churchyard, Jurby, Isle of Man. Additional Information: Son of Norman F. Mechin & Dora M. Mechin of Oshawa, Ontario Canada. Unit: No. 1659 Heavy Conversion Unit. Flight Sergeant Mechin was the Air Bomber on Handley-Page Halifax W1251 which broke up in the air over Standhall Farm, Rushen. By a strange twist of fate on 02JUN1944 Mechin’s brother, Sergeant Hugh R. Mechin was the pilot of Anson EG424 which crash landed at Ballakilley, Maughold. He and his crew were uninjured. Source: 1. Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) 2.The Manx Aviation Preservation Society.
Gender: Male
External sources: Canada
Memorial: Canadian Airmen's Memorial (1941-44)