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O'CONNELL CF 607
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O'CONNELL, Cornelius

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Short Stirling III
Serial Number EH876
Markings WP-J
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Netherlands
Burial/Memorial Place Texel (Den Burg) Cemetery
Grave Reference Plot K. Row 4. Grave 76..
Epitaph REQUIEM AETERNAM DONA EI DOMINE. "AMOR VINCIT OMNIA" DORIS MARY (Latin - Eternal rest grant unto them. "Love conquers all")
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 220
Enlistment information
Service Number 126607
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 25-05-1943
End Date 26-05-1943
Takeoff Station Ridgewell
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Dusseldorf. 759 aircraft, 27 losses (3.6%). This raid was a failure since PFF had great difficulty in marking the target due to two layers of cloud. Decoy fires and markers were also being operated. Bombing was scattered as a result.
Reason for Loss Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed off the Dutch coast