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BOYLAN MJ
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BOYLAN, Michael

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax VII
Serial Number NP699
Markings QO-O
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Belgium
Burial/Memorial Place Leopoldsburg War Cemetery
Grave Reference VIII. B. 11..
Epitaph THEY MISS HIM MOST WHO LOVED HIM BEST. R.I.P.
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 134
Enlistment information
Service Number 187754
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 6
Squadron 432 (Leaside)
Trade Flight Engineer
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 17-12-1944
End Date 18-12-1944
Takeoff Station East Moor
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Duisburg. 523 aircraft, 8 Halifaxes lost (1.5%). A successful raid. 346 houses destroyed and 524 badly damaged.
Reason for Loss Collided with Halifax LV818. Six crew members died in the crash, one survived. The entire crew of eight on board Halifax LV818 also perished.