Flaherty, Dennis Kieran
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Dennis Kieran |
Surname | Flaherty |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 27-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of John and Mary Delia Flaherty, of Bradford, Yorkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito IV |
Serial Number | DZ636 |
Markings | AZ-N |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Letra Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | |
Epitaph | ETERNAL REST GRANT TO HIM, O LORD. EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS LOVING MOTHER |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 35 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 155505 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 627 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Thorpe Camp, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with Inscribed Lettering and Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Woodhall Spa during WW2, including 619 Sqn |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2148/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2148/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 26-07-1944 |
End Date | 27-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Woodhall Spa |
Day/Night Raid | Night (37% moon) |
Operation | Givors |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took off at 2312hrs to bomb rail communications. Crashed at Letra(Rhone), a small village on the N side of the main road between Lyon and Charolles. |