Ieuan Anthony Morgan – Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 355 Squadron

Flying Officer Ieuan Anthony Morgan – Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 355 Squadron

Records and Commemoration

Ieuan Anthony Morgan

Ieuan Anthony Morgan is commemorated on the Mumbles War Memorial. There are no known surviving civil or family records relating to his life, and the details of his service and death are derived entirely from Commonwealth War Graves Commission records.

Military Service and Death

Ieuan served as a Flying Officer with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, attached to 355 Squadron RAF.

In May 1945, No. 355 Squadron was operating under South East Asia Command, based at RAF Salbani, India, and was equipped with Consolidated Liberator B.VI long-range bombers. Although the war in Europe had ended earlier that month, operations against Japan were still ongoing, and the squadron remained heavily engaged in combat missions over the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea.

The squadron specialised in long-range maritime strike operations, including attacks on enemy shipping, harbours, and port installations, as well as mine-laying missions designed to disrupt Japanese supply routes. The Andaman Islands, including Port Blair and Chatham Island, were heavily defended Japanese bases and frequent targets for Allied air attack. Despite the late stage of the war, anti-aircraft defences remained active and dangerous, and aircrews faced significant risks from flak, tropical weather, long flight durations, and navigation over open sea.

On 17^th May 1945, Flying Officer Ieuan Anthony Morgan was serving as an Air Bomber in a crew of eleven aboard a Liberator B.VI detailed to carry out a raid on enemy shipping and port facilities at Port Blair, Chatham Island, off the South Andaman Islands. During the attack, the aircraft was shot down by anti-aircraft fire, and Ieuan was killed in action, reflecting the continuing hazards faced by RAF aircrews in the Far East up to the final months of the war.

Commemoration

Ieuan Anthony Morgan
Singapore Memorial, Singapore
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Ieuan has no known grave, and his name is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial, which honours Commonwealth airmen who died during operations in Southeast Asia and the Pacific and whose burial places are unknown.