Mendel Gilbert Bloomfield

Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, 50 Squadron
Service number 945219
Died 7 November 1941
Buried Oslo Western Civil Cemetery, Norway
Age 21

Headstone Inscription
‘A MAN BELOVED, A MAN ELECT OF MEN. WORTHY OF EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE’

Mendel was the son of Hyman and Hannah née Cohen of Sheffield, Yorkshire

Click on the links below for Mendel’s story

Resources

Mendel’s ancestry and early life Download
The Crew of Hampden AE427, RAF SwinderbyDownload
Operations and crash. Research by Dorothy Ramser Download
Operations. Courtesy of Mike Connock, 50/61 Sqn AssociationDownload

Gallery

  • Hyman Blumenfeld Naturalisation Papers
  • Abram Blumenfeld Naturalisation Papers
  • 1911 Census
  • 1939 Register
  • Jewish Chronicle article on Mendel
  • Mendel at front. Photo courtesy of the Howlett family
  • Mendel front row on right. Photo courtesy of the Howlett family
  • Mendel far right. Photo courtesy of the Howlett family
  • Mendel.