Keighan, James Edmond
Personal Information
Rank | Cpl |
Forename(s) | James Edmond |
Surname | Keighan |
Gender | M |
Age | 37 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 29-08-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas and Melvina Keighan. Husband of Mary Ellen Lonergan Keighan, of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Airspeed Oxford I |
Serial Number | DF471 |
Markings | ZL- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. C. Row B. Grave 3. |
Epitaph | WITH A CHEERY SMILE AND A WAVE OF THE HAND" HE IS NOT DEAD HE IS JUST AWAY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 192 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/84478 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 427 (Lion) |
Trade | Ground |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Roman Rd, Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brass plaque set into a stone plinth into which is carved with the Canadian maple leaf and the Yorkshire rose. |
Memorial Text | This memorial is dedicated to those men and women who served at RAF Leeming during World War II, including those from the Royal Canadian Air Force Squadrons, whose members came from all parts of the Commonwealth from 1942 to 1945; 405 Vancouver, 408 Goose |
Location | Opposite old Main Guardroom, RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In commemoration of those men and women of many nations who served at RAF Leeming during the second world war. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1845/20 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1845/19 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-08-1943 |
End Date | 29-08-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Leeming |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Ferry duties en route from Leeming to Ford, Northumberland, to repair a damaged Halifax which had landed there following the Berlin raid a few days earlier. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed on Great Coum near Dent, Yorkshire |