Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Biography -
- Derrick John Monk -

Name

Derrick John Monk, son of Phillip and Ivy Archer Monk, of Ryde
 
Biography

Sgt 922739 Derrick John Monk, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

CWGC record ...

Further information

Name appears on the following memorials :

Ryde War Memorial

Date of Death :	Died 11th June 1942 Aged 21
Where buried or commemorated :	Air Forces Memorial Runnymede Panel 89
Aircraft :	Avro Lancaster Mk.I R5636 OL-K of 83 Sqn.
Crew
:	F/O W K Williams, Royal Australian Air Force	CWGC record ...
:	P/O P S Mackay	CWGC record ...
:	Sgt D N O'Day	CWGC record ...
:	Sgt D J Monk	CWGC record ...
:	Sgt T H Clarke, Royal Canadian Air Force	CWGC record ...
:	Sgt H M Spence, Royal Australian Air Force	CWGC record ...
:	Sgt J W Melhuish	CWGC record ...

The aircraft took off from RAF Scampton at 22.14 hrs on a "gardening" operation, but was lost without trace.

Information provided by John Bloodworth