Cavaghan, Eric Graham
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Eric Graham |
Surname | Cavaghan |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 30-05-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Stanley and Alice Cavaghan, of St. James, Manitoba, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | X3715 |
Markings | VR-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Viroflay New Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row A. Coll. grave 19-20. |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE REMEMBER (Poem - For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 142 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/6167 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Cavaghan Lake, Manitoba; 10km SW of Thuykay Lake |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Lake |
Memorial Text |
Location | Church of St. John, Beck Row, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet on rear external wall of Church |
Memorial Text | In remembrance of all who served at RAF Mildenhall and associated aerodromes in the cause of freedom, 1939-1945 |
Location | Outside Former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Memorial Tablet on Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to Nos 419, 420 and 428 Sqns RCAF who flew from RAF Middleton St George during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-05-1942 |
End Date | 30-05-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Mildenhall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (100% moon) |
Operation | Gennevilliers- Gnome & Rhone factory. Aerial photographs show little or no damage to the factory. Some damage to local houses and 34 French people reported killed |
Reason for Loss | Crashed NW of Gennevilliers |