WW2 Casualties of the RAF, any further information?

I am researching the following men who have links to County Wicklow. Would anyone have information on how they died or what aircraft they were flying please? I have the data from the CWGC and would love to add a little bit more to these brave men.
Any help with this project would be most appreciated.

BEHAN, WILLIAM JOHN THOMAS, Rank: Corporal. Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force. Unit; (serving in H. M. S. Illustrious). Age at Death; 25. Date of Death: 10-01-1941. Service No: 534795.

BOWYER, CLIFFORD CHARLES JOHN. Rank: Squadron Leader (Pilot).
Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Unit; 15 Sqdn. Age at Death; 21. Date of Death: 14-05-1943. Service No: 118812.

CLARKE, CIARAN ANTHONY. Rank: Leading Aircraftman. Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Age at Death; 33. Date of Death: 18-11-1941
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COCHRANE, WILLIAM LINDLEY BLOOMER. Rank: Pilot Officer. Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Age at Death; 21. Date of Death: 02-11-1940. Service No: 74596.

DOYLE, DOUGLAS ROBERT. Rank: Pilot Officer (Nav. ). Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Date of Death: 19-04-1944. Service No: 154086.

GALLAGHER, MAURICE PATRICK. Rank: Sergeant. Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force. Unit; 50 Sqdn. Age at Death; 20. Date of Death: 17-08-1942. Service No: 574930.

GILBERT, ROBERT CECIL. Rank: Sergeant (Air Gnr. ). Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Unit; 49 Sqdn. Age at Death; 22. Date of Death: 07-03-1945. Service No: 1900007.

GILVARY, JOHN KEVIN. Rank: Sergeant. Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Unit; Sqdn. 419 (R. C. A. F. ). Age at Death; 20. Date of Death: 18-08-1943. Service No: 1512418.

GRIFFIN, ROBERT GRATTAN GURNEY. Rank: Sergeant (W. Op. -Air Gnr. ). Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Unit; 103 Sqdn. Age at Death; 21. Date of Death: 05-08-1941.

GRIFFITH, WALTER BERRY BARCLAY HARRY. Rank: Flight Lieutenant. Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force. Date of Death: 24-09-1942.

JACKSON, WALTER THOMAS. Rank: Warrant Officer. Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force Age at Death: 28 Date of Death: 19-07-1947 Service No: 545756.

KAVANAGH, ANNESLEY RICHARD. Rank: Aircraftman 2nd Class. Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Age at Death, 29. Date of Death: 25-01-1944. Service No: 1795814.

McGILLIGAN, MICHAEL AIDAN. Rank: Flight Lieutenant (Pilot). Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force. Unit; 16 Sqdn. Age at Death; 25. Date of Death: 08-06-1944.

MOLE, NIGEL BROOK. Rank: Flight Lieutenant. Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force. Unit; 269 Sqdn. Age at Death; 24. Date of Death: 24-10-1940. Service No: 37779.

MORRISON, DONALD DEREK. Rank: Flight Lieutenant (Pilot). Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Age at Death; 22. Date of Death: 25-01-1946. Service No: 153364.

MURPHY, COLMAN O'SHAUGHNESSY. Rank: Flying Officer (Pilot). Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force. Unit; 24 Sqdn. Age at Death; 27. Date of Death: 17-06-1940. Service No: 39892.

O'ROURKE, PATRICK JERRY. Rank: Aircraftman 1st Class Regiment-Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Age at Death, 30. Date of Death: 05-11-1945 Service No: 1254281.

PETERS, GEORGE CHARLES BOYCE. Rank: Flying Officer (Pilot). Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force. Unit: 79 Sqdn. Age at Death: 27. Date of Death: 29-09-1940.

PHILP, RICHARD THOMAS. Rank: Sergeant (W. Op. -Air Gnr. ). Regiment-Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit: 102 Sqdn. Age at Death, 20. Date of Death: 15-08-1941.

SCOTT, HENRY DONALD. Rank: Warrant Officer (Pilot). Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Unit: 19 Sqdn. Age at Death, 23. Date of Death: 18-08-1944.

STIVEN, ROBERT. Rank: Squadron Leader. Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Age at Death, 46. Date of Death: 01-12-1944. Service No: 17151

WELDON, FABER ERNEST FREDERICK. Rank: Pilot Officer. Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Unit: 57 Sqdn. date of Death, 05-04-1943.

WHISTON, JAMES CHRISTOPHER. Rank: Aircraftman 2nd Class. Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Age at Death, 28. Date of Death: 24-02-1943.

Many thanks in advance for any help you can offer me.
regards.
Tom.

 

BOWYER, CLIFFORD CHARLES JOHN. Rank: Squadron Leader (Pilot).
Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Unit; 15 Sqdn. Age at Death; 21. Date of Death: 14-05-1943. Service No: 118812.


13-14 May 1943

15 Squadron.
Stirling III BK704 LS-Z.
Op. Bochum.

Crew.
S/L. C C J. Bowyer +
P/O. D C. Smith. pow.
Sgt. H C. Cooper. pow.
F/O. W G M. Olivier. RCAF. pow.
Sgt. J B. Craggs. pow.
Sgt. T P. Hanrahn. pow.
Sgt. E E. Warner. RCAF. pow.
Sgt. C E. Keik. pow.


Took off 0014 hrs Mildenhall. Coned at 11,000 feet and hit by flak. Exploded and crashed 0130 hrs at Barlo 6 km NNE of Bocholt, where S/L. Bower was buried on 17 May. his grave is now in the Reichwald Forest Cemetery. At 21 he was one of the youngest Squadron Leader pilots killed on bomber operations in 1943.

Bomber Command Losses. Vol.4 W R. Chorley.

 

GALLAGHER, MAURICE PATRICK. Rank: Sergeant. Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force. Unit; 50 Sqdn. Age at Death; 20. Date of Death: 17-08-1942. Service No: 574930.


17-18 August 1942

50 Squadron.
Lancaster I R5639 VN-
Op. Onsabruk.

Crew.
F/O. J S. Bunbury +
Sgt. M P. Gallagher +
F/O. A G. Macdonald RAAF +
Sgt. A T. Mears RAAF +
Sgt. S R. Mitchell +
Sgt. P. Simpson +
Sgt. G. Phillips +

Took off Swinderby. Lost without trace. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

Bomber Command Losses. Vol.3. W R. Chorley

 

GILBERT, ROBERT CECIL. Rank: Sergeant (Air Gnr. ). Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Unit; 49 Sqdn. Age at Death; 22. Date of Death: 07-03-1945. Service No: 1900007.


7-8 March 1945.

49 Squadron.
Lancaster III PB537 EA-X
Op. Harburg.

Crew.
F/O. R W G. Stark +
Sgt. J F. Brennan. pow.
W/O. J C. Yeoman RAAF. pow.
W/O. R. McP Bairnsfather RAAF +
F/S. A T J. Lovett RAAF. +
Sgt. R C. Gilbert +
Sgt. J P. Dixon pow.

Took off 1745 hrs Fulbeck to bomb oil facilities. Believed down 2215 hrs at Sandbostel, 9 km SSW from the centre of Bremervorde. Those who died now rest in Becklingen War Cemetery, having been brought here from Sandbostel. Sgt. Gilbert came from Arklow, Co. Wicklow in the Irish Republic.

Bomber Command Losses. Vol.6. W R. Chorley.

 

GILVARY, JOHN KEVIN. Rank: Sergeant. Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Unit; Sqdn. 419 (R. C. A. F. ). Age at Death; 20. Date of Death: 18-08-1943. Service No: 1512418.


17-18 August 1943.

419 Squadron.
Halifax II JD458 VR-C
Op. Peenemunde.

Crew.
F/S. S T. Pekin RAAF +
Sgt. R C. Baker +
F/O. P J. Sparkes +
Sgt. J K. Gilvary +
Sgt. H. Price +
Sgt. F P. Davis +
Sgt. E C. Ramm +

Took off 2140 hrs Middleton St. George. Crashed in the Baltic. Sgt Baker and Sgt Ramm were buried at Greifswald, though both have since been taken to Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery. The others are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Sgt. Gilvary came from Bray, County Wicklow, in the Irish Republic.

Bomber Command Losses Vol.4. W R. Chorley.

 

GRIFFIN, ROBERT GRATTAN GURNEY. Rank: Sergeant (W. Op. -Air Gnr. ). Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Unit; 103 Sqdn. Age at Death; 21. Date of Death: 05-08-1941.

5-6 August 1941

103 Squadron.
Wellington IC W5656 PM-
Op. Frankfurt.

Crew.
Sgt. D M. Greey +
Sgt. J P. Taylor RCAF +
Sgt. J. Moules +
Sgt. F W. Alleway +
Sgt. R M G. Griffin +
Sgt. C. Deges +

took off 2245 hrs Elsham Wolds. Reported crashed at Chateau Ledquent, Marquise (Pas-de-Calais) 15 km Sw of Calais.

Bomber Command Losses. Vol.2. W R. Chorley.

 

McGILLIGAN, MICHAEL AIDAN. Rank: Flight Lieutenant (Pilot). Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force. Unit; 16 Sqdn. Age at Death; 25. Date of Death: 08-06-1944.

8 June 1944.

16 Squadron.
Spitfire PR XI PA929.

F/Lt M A. McGilligan +

PR sortie. Crashed near Redhill on return from sortie; believed control lost in cloud.


Fighter Command Losses. Vol.3. N L R. Franks.

 

MOLE, NIGEL BROOK. Rank: Flight Lieutenant. Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force. Unit; 269 Sqdn. Age at Death; 24. Date of Death: 24-10-1940. Service No: 37779.


24 October 1940.

269 Squadron
Hudson I P5132 UA-F

Crew
F/Lt. N B. Mole +
Sgt. D A J. Smith +
Sgt. J E R. Sharvin +
Sgt. A W. Campbell +

Took off Wick 0711 hrs. Failed to returnv. Believed to have been shot down by Ltn Deutschle of 6/JG77. F/Lt Mole from the Republic of Ireland, and his crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

RAF Coastal Command Losses. Vol.1. R. McNeill.

 

PETERS, GEORGE CHARLES BOYCE. Rank: Flying Officer (Pilot). Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force. Unit: 79 Sqdn. Age at Death: 27. Date of Death: 29-09-1940.


29 September 1940.

79 Squadron
Hurricane X P5177

F/O. G C B. Peters +

Shot down during engagement with He111 off Cork 1830 hrs.

Fighter Command Losses. Vol.1 N L R. Franks.

 

WELDON, FABER ERNEST FREDERICK. Rank: Pilot Officer. Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Unit: 57 Sqdn. date of Death, 05-04-1943.

4-5 April 1943.

57 Squadron.
Lancaster I W4252 DX-X
Op. Kiel

Crew.
S/L. S N T. Wallace +
Sgt. G R. Harbottle +
P/O. F E F. Weldon +
Sgt. B E. Spicer +
Sgt. A. Haddow +
Sgt. A R. Evans +
Sgt. A R. Woods +

Took off 2107 hrs Scampton. Last heard on W/T at 0148 hrs when its position was fixed at 5420N 0425E. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. S/L. Wallace's father, F/L. S H S. Wallace, had flown with the Royal Flying Corps before transferring to the RAF, he held the MC.

Bomber Command Losses Vol.4. W R. Chorley.

 

Peter you are an absolute star!!. I'm really bowled over. Its so important to have the extra bit of information for these unfortunate men. How can I return the favour? If you are ever in Tipperary I'll stand you a nights drinking.
Many thanks again.
Kind regards.
Tom.

 

How can I return the favour? If you are ever in Tipperary I'll stand you a nights drinking.



Booked a ticket on an aircraft tonight!

No problem, my pleasure.

Regards
Peter.

 

BEHAN, WILLIAM JOHN THOMAS, Rank: Corporal. Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force. Unit; (serving in H. M. S. Illustrious). Age at Death; 25. Date of Death: 10-01-1941. Service No: 534795

Don't have a casualty list for Illustrious but the date fits.

10 January 1941 Illustrious was attacked while escorting a convoy east of Sicily by Axis Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 and Ju-87 "Stuka" dive-bombers, being hit by 8 bombs and suffering extensive damage, destroying her sick bay and ward room, and killing amongst others the England rugby player W. G. E. Luddington. While in Malta receiving repairs for her battle damage she was again bombed, flooding her boiler room.

 

Thank you again Peter.
Much appreciated.
Kind regards.
Tom.

 

Hi, had a quick look at HMS Illustrious on the net found this - aircraft carrier heavily damaged by german dive bombers on 10th Jan 1941, when the armoured flight deck was penetrated by a bomb, that and six other bombs hits, put her out of action until the following December, may be related to BEHAN death ?

MURPHY 24 SQN - Based hendon detachment to Kaladarnes , served as a communications and transport sqn, operating a wide range of aircraft in small numbers, anson, hudson, dc 3, ensign + more types.

philp 102 sqn - based Topcliffe aircraft - whitley v
scott 19 sqn - based Ellon, n. france aircraft - mustang

sorry not much information, i am not in the same league as Peter. see what i mean. bye

 

Thank you Fletch. Every bit of info is very much appreciaed.
Many thanks.
Kind regards.
Tom.

 

PHILP, RICHARD THOMAS. Rank: Sergeant (W. Op. -Air Gnr. ). Regiment-Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit: 102 Sqdn. Age at Death, 20. Date of Death: 15-08-1941.


14-15 August 1941

102 Squadron.
Whitley V Z6829. DY-
Op. Hannover.

Crew.
Sgt. G K. Powell +
Sgt. F W. Penn RAAF pow.
P/O. W W. Bell-Towers RAAF +
Sgt. R T. Philp +
F/S. L E D. Lindsay +
Sgt. T A. Vermiglio pow.

Took off 2218 hrs Topcliffe. Shot down by a night-fighter (Ofw Paul Gildner, 4./NJG1) and crashed 0448 hrs in the Waddenzee, S of Terschelling. Those who died are buried on the island in the Westerschelling General Cemetery. Sgt Penn RAAF needed treatment for his wounds.

Bomber Command Losses. Vol.2 W R. Chorley.

 

Thank you again Peter. One more in from the cold.
Kind regards.
Tom.

 

GALLAGHER, MAURICE PATRICK. Rank: Sergeant. Regiment or Service: Royal Air Force. Unit; 50 Sqdn. Age at Death; 20. Date of Death: 17-08-1942. Service No: 574930.


Many thanks in advance for any help you can offer me.
regards.
Tom.

I realise this is a very old thread.

Maurice Gallagher was my uncle. My father has his log book and his medals and papers.
Contact me if you need any further info.
Thanks

 

Bray welcome