Cooney, Patrick John Denis
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Patrick John Denis |
Surname | Cooney |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 13-03-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Patrick Francis Cooney and of Maria Elizabeth Cooney (Nee Kean), of Gore, Southland, New Zealand. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IV |
Serial Number | Z1251 |
Markings | UV-X |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Nieuwpoort Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 10. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 148 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 403951 |
Service | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 460 (Australian) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | New Zealand |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Clubhouse, Breighton Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who served at Breighton during WW2, including 460 Sqn RAAF |
Location | Junction of Kirmond Rd (B1203) & Orford Rd, Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 460 Sqn RAAF which operated from Breighton and Binbrook 1941-1945 |
Location | Church of St. Mary & St. Gabriel, Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 460 Sqn RAAF which served at Binbrook between 1941 and 1945 |
Location | Former ATC Signals Square, Brookenby Industrial Estate, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | Memorials to the aircrew and groundcrew of 460 Sqn RAAF who served at Brookenby, 1942-1943 |
Location | Church of St. Michael & All Angels, Brookenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | Memorials to the aircrew and groundcrew of 460 Sqn RAAF who served at Brookenby, 1942-1943 |
Miscellaneous Information
First 460 Squadron operational losses |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/12684 (P366844/42) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 13-03-1942 |
End Date | 14-03-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Breighton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (10% moon) |
Operation | Dunkirk |
Reason for Loss | Crashed near Nieuwpoort in Belgium. The bomber exploded in a swampy area near the stone bakery Florizoone at the coastal municipality of Sint-Joris. The aircraft had to be winched off the ground by a local farmer using horses to recover the bodies. |