Ivor David James May

A Sergeant with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Ivor died on 20th of February 1944 aged 21. 

Ivor was born at Lowestoft on 3 June 1922, a son of Henry Stephen and Gertrude Ellen May May. In 1939 his family lived at 28 Saint Peter's Street, Lowestoft.

Ivor was appointed temporary Postman - Messenger, at Lowestoft, in December 1938. In January 1941 he was appointed Sorting Clerk and Telegraphist at Lowestoft. 

Ivor joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve after April 1941. In February 1944 he was a Navigator and with 640 Squadron based at R.A.F. Leconfield. 

On 20 February he was a member of the crew of a Halifax III bomber, number LV422 C8-R, that took part in a raid on Leipzig. The aircraft crashed at Gohre, near Stendal, thirty-eight miles north of Magdeburg. 

WITH THANKS TO: Malcolm Barrass

Ivor's name is recorded in the General Post Office Memorial Book. See GPO War Heroes