Darragh, Thomas Foster
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Thomas Foster |
Surname | Darragh |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 22-02-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert and Elizabeth Mary Darragh, of Ballymagorry, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | NG450 |
Markings | HA-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 17. B. 17. |
Epitaph | THOU WILT KEEP HIM IN PERFECT PEACE, WHOSE MIND IS STAYED ON THEE (Isaiah 26:3) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 152 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1902840 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 218 (Gold Coast) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Monument with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | In memory and honour of the Royal Air Force and Polish Air Force Squadrons who were based at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Location | St. Mary's Church, Bexwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of the squadrons based at R.A.F. Downham Market and those who have their lives during the 1939 - 1945 war |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH and Sqn Crest |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Miscellaneous Information
The four survivors became PoW and were very badly beaten by the Gestapo |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1353/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1353/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 22-02-1945 |
End Date | 22-02-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Chedburgh |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Gelsenkirchen- to attack a synthetic oil plant. 167 Lancasters of 3 Group to bomb the oil refineries at Gelsenkirchen and Osterfeld. Both targets were accurately hit. 1 Lancaster lost |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak at 18000' over the target and partially abandoned |