Photo: Brian Chandler
1538890 Warrant Officer
J. Muir D.F.M.
Bomb Aimer
Royal Air Force
6th April 1945, age 23.
Till we meet again.
In front of this is a family headstone looking like an open book. It reads:
In loving memory of
Johnny / Mildred
beloved / beloved
husband of / wife of
Mildred Muir / Johnny
Died 19th March / died 26th Dec.
The rest is obscured by a stone vase which reads:
Warrant
Officer
John Muir
D.F.M.
died
April 8 1945
Aged 23 years.
John was the son of John and Mildred Alice of Benwell. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM), on 20th August 1944.
Acknowledgements: Ron Carson
