Merlin was a pilot in World War II, who flew bomber missions into Germany.
On his last mission he was flying his bomber to Berlin, Germany - but was shot
down before he could complete his mission. There were no survivors. Merlin is
buried at the Becklingen War Cemetery in Niedersashen, Germany.
Before his transfer to the United Kingdon, Merlin married Helen Christina Vaughan-Smith.
After Merlin's death, she later married Squadron Leader Harold Stanley Lisson.
