Heggarty, John
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | John |
Surname | Heggarty |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | MiD |
Date of Death | 10-04-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Jack Heggarty (who died when Jack was 10) and Ellen Heggarty (who died shortly after Jack was born) of Wallasey. At the time of his death his official next of kin was his Aunt Louisa May Ledger of Castle Road, Wallasey with whom he lived when orphaned. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | NA240 |
Markings | Z5-V |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 4. Z. 12. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 180 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 179888 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 100 |
Squadron | 462 (Australian) |
Trade | Special Duties Operator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Juction of High St & Reepham Rd, Foulsham, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablets at base of Village Sign |
Memorial Text | Remembering all who served at RAF Foulsham 1942-1947 The airfield lay one mile North of this sign, Units based at Foulsham Airfield, 98 Sqdn 1678 HC Flight RAF, 180 Sqdn RAF, 192 Sqdn RAF, 12 Gliderb MU RAF, 514 Sqdn RAF, BSD Unit RAF, 462 Sqdn RAAA+F, El |
Location | Memorial Gardens, North End Park, Driffield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Mable Monument |
Memorial Text | In memory of the men and women of 462 and 466 Sqns RAAF who served at Driffield during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
Heggarty was a German speaker |
Born 13 August 1922, grew up in Wallasey and went to St. Anselm's College in Birkenhead. |
He was previously in 76 squadron RAF Holme on Spalding Moor. Mentioned in Despatches January 1944. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1917/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1917/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 10-04-1945 |
End Date | 11-04-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Foulsham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (4% moon) |
Operation | Leipzig- ABC duties |
Reason for Loss | Lost over Germany- Flight Sergeant M.J.Hibberd, 435342 RAAF Rear Gunner survived to become a PoW |