The RAF Association was sad to learn about the death of Second World War veteran Geoffrey Medcalf MBE.
Soon after joining RAF Coastal Command in 1941 as an aircraft mechanic, Geoffrey was posted to Iceland to help service the aircraft supporting the Allied Arctic Convoys.
Between August 1941 and May 1945, 78 convoys involving around 1,400 merchant ships transported essential supplies from the UK, Iceland and North America to northern ports in the Soviet Union.
Geoffrey was subsequently awarded medals by the Russian government for his involvement in the operations.
After the war, Geoffrey returned home to County Dublin, Ireland, where he secured employment with a cake company.
He joined the RAF Association and the Royal British Legion, and became involved with the Veterans’ Support Group at Leopardstown Park Hospital, Dublin. Geoffrey was made an MBE in recognition of his commitment to supporting veterans through these organisations.
Geoffrey Medcalf MBE, whose wife, Jane, died in 2017, passed away in a Dublin care home in January aged 99.
