McCafferty, Hugh Patrick
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Hugh Patrick |
Surname | McCafferty |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 04-01-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas and Mary McCafferty, of Dundee. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | W7928 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 275. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 207 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 979873 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 7 |
Squadron | 1669 HCU |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-01-1945 |
End Date | 04-01-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Langar |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft stalled - believed to have been caused by icing after entering a storm, although it is said that the pilot had been instructed not the enter the cu-nim clouds. Crew ordered to bale out but the pilot recovered the aircraft after emerging from the cloud base at 2000' and made an emergency landing at an unspecified airfield in Cornwall. |