Date: 24/25th April 1945
Unit: No. 109 Squadron. R.A.F. P.F.F.
Type: Mosquito IX.
Serial: LR508
Coded: HS-
Location: Melsbroek, Brussels.
Pilot: F/Lt. John Trevor McGreal. D.F.C. R.N.Z.A.F. 415706. Age 32. Killed.
Nav: P/O Thomas Lynn, D.F.C. D.F.M. R.A.F.V.R. 187095. Age 29. Killed.
REASON FOR LOSS:
Took-off from Little Staughton at 2213 hrs to attack an airfield. Homebound for some unknown reason the crew tried to get into Brussels-Melsbroek, but overshot the airfield and dived into the ground.
New Zealand Pilots on 109 Squadron P.F.F. March 1945, at Little Staughton, F/L John McGreal, front row 1st on the left. 
F/Lt. John Trevor McGreal. D.F.C. (With thanks to Michael Harrison for providing this picture.)
BURIAL DETAILS:
F/Lt. John Trevor McGreal. D.F.C. R.N.Z.A.F. 415706. Brussels Town Cemetery. Plot X. Row 21. Grave 53.
Son of John and Elsie May McGreal, of Otahuhu, Auckland New Zealand. husband of Nora Patricia McGreal, of SandrIngham, Auckland, New Zealand.
P/O Thomas Lynn. D.F.C. D.F.M. R.A.F.V.R. 187095. Brussels Town cemetery. Plot X. Row 21. Grave 52.
Son of Thomas and Mary Jane Lynn, of Ferryhill, Co. Durham.
With thanks to the following: Bill Chorley - "Bomber Command Losses", Theo Boiten - "German Nightfighter War Diaries", Martin Middlebrook "Bomber Command War Diaries". The superb work of the C.W.G.C. Purchase these research books "HERE"
