209495 Sgt. Keith Jenvey Royal Air Force 104 Sqn (d.22nd Jul 1944) The records of the Air Historical Branch show that Sgt Keith Jenvey was serving as Rear Gunner on board Wellington LP200 of 104 Squadron when he baled out of the aircraft 10 to 15 miles North-East of Bihac in Yugoslavia, at about 0310 hours on 22 July 1944. The aircraft had taken off from Foggia Main airfield at 2035 hours on 21 July 1944 for a bombing mission to Pardubice Oil Refinery in Czechoslovakia. On the return journey the engines cut and would not immediately pick up again, the Captain gave the order to prepare to abandon the aircraft but about 30 seconds later the engines recovered. It was later presumed that Sgt Jenvey had only heard the last part of the Captain's order, as when the aircraft landed back at base neither Sgt Jenvey or his parachute could be found. Despite extensive investigations in the Bihac region after the War by the Missing Research and Evaluation Service (MRES), no trace of Sgt Jenvey could be found and he in consequently listed on the Malta Memorial. This memorial commemorates almost 2,300 airmen who lost their lives during the Second World War whilst serving with the Commonwealth Air Forces flying from bases in Austria, Italy, Sicily, islands of the Adriatic and Mediterranean, Malta, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, West Africa, Yugoslavia and Gibraltar, and who have no known grave.
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