Informations militaires - Military information Date de naissance - Date of birth: 22/10/1922 Date de décès - Date of death: 22/05/1944 Enterré à - Buried to: ST. NIKLAAS COMMUNAL CEMETERY Certificat de scépulture Position de la tombe - Burial position: Grave 32976 Nationalité - Nationality: Britannique - British Force: Royal Air Force Statut - Status: Volontaire de Réserve - Volunteer Reserve Unité - Unit: 550th Squadron North Killingholme Grade - Rank: sergent - Sergeant Fonction - Role: Opérateur radio - Wireless operator Nunéro de Matricule - Official Number: 1576545 Informations personnelles - Personnal information Parents: Domicilié à - Domiciled to:

David was killed whilst returning from a raid on Duisburg on the 21/22 May 1944, His sister, Marjorie How (Nee Mayo) was in the WAAF, whilst David's brother Phillip was a Captain in the RAF. Their father R. G. E. Mayo was a squadron Leader in the RAF in the second world war, having been a Captain in the Army in WWI. He was gassed at Yppres, and wounded at Passchendalle, where he was awarded the Military Cross. Their mother was a services ambulance driver in WWII. Marjorie's husband, was in the Beds and Herts Regiment in WWII as was his father in WWI. Two of his uncles were killed in WWI; one at Yppres and one in Palestine, and his cousin was also killed. For Phil How and family

David Alfred William Mayo

Sources:- 550th Squadron RAF North Killingholme Rolt of Honour
- 550th Squadron RAF failed to return
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.
- Library and Archives Canada - Second World War Service Files: Canadian Armed Forces War Dead
- Photos: coll. 550th squadron North Killingholme & A.M.R.