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EGAN PJ
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EGAN, Patrick

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Short Stirling I
Serial Number BF415
Markings WP-S
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Netherlands
Burial/Memorial Place Montfoort General Cemetery
Grave Reference Plot 3. Row 1. Grave 2..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 160
Enlistment information
Service Number 1338021
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 3
Squadron 90
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 03-02-1943
End Date 04-02-1943
Takeoff Station Ridgewell
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Hamburg. 263 aircraft, 16 losses (6.1%). Severe icing over the channel caused many crews to return early. H2S again proved ineffective, leading to scattered bombing throughout the city.
Reason for Loss Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Willeskop, Holland