Brannigan, Augustine
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Augustine |
Surname | Brannigan |
Gender | M |
Age | 29 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-08-1943 |
Next of Kin | G.I.Mech. E. Son of Augustine and Florence Brannigan. Husband of Anne Kennedy Brannigan, of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | JD371 |
Markings | KN-O |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Heverlee War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 4. D. 6. |
Epitaph | R.I.P. |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 135 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 156946 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 77 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Rue Petit Modave, Modave, Liege Province |
Country | Belgium |
Memorial Type | Memorial stone, inscribed metal plaque and stencilled information board |
Memorial Text | A. BRANNIGAN, R. RODGERS, J.S. SILVER, A.W. BEARD, P.R. HUMPHRIES, W.E. CATLEY, A.G. TEMPLETON, W. PALMER. 28 AOUT 1943 |
Location | Rue Survillers, 4577, Modave, Liege Province |
Country | Belgium |
Memorial Type | Wooden cross, inscribed metal plaque and information board |
Memorial Text | IN MEMORIAM HALIFAX JD 371 KN-O 28 AOUT 1943 |
Location | Rue Forville, Clavier, Liege Province |
Country | Belgium |
Memorial Type | Inscribed marble tablet at base of local war memorial |
Memorial Text |
Location | Holy Trinity Church, Elvington, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window & Roll of Honour |
Memorial Text | Memorial windows and Roll of Honour for 77 Sqn. R.A.F. |
Location | Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Column with Metal Sculpture and Plaques |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 77 Sqn. R.A.F. City of Lancaster's own |
Miscellaneous Information
(Photo taken in the summer of 1941) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/656/35 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/656/34 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-08-1943 |
End Date | 28-08-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Elvington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (7% moon) |
Operation | Nuremberg. 674 aircraft, 33 losses (4.9%). H2S marking was used and, given the difficulties experiences with Oboe equipment in recent raids, the crews were ordered to drop a 1000lb bomb on Heilbronn using the equipment to check its functionality. Nuremberg was clear and PFF marking was accurate but significant creepback set in and PFF were unable to correct it because, once again, they had difficulties with their H2S sets. Many of the bombs fell in open countryside SSW of the city. 65 people were killed on the ground. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed WSW of Namur, Belgium |