Jerome Garard Belec

Jerome Belec was a Flight Sergeant 249 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

(No 1333383)
He was born in 1924 the son of Napoleon and Ivy Belec.

Born in Canada he came to England when he was 9 with his father, mother and his brother and sister on board Cunard Aquitania thrid class from New York and arrived in Southampton 5 October 1931 . Jerome Belec, who’s home was in Horndon on the Hill was a member of the wages department before he joined the R.A.F.

Jerome had a sister, Jeanne, born in 1923 and a brother, Roger, born in 1925, both of whom lived in the United States of America in later life.

He died on Thursday 6th April 1944,

He is commemorated on the Mata Memorial

Malta Memorial
Valletta
Southern Harbour, Malta
Plot: Panel 14 Column 1.