Murphy, Lloyd Joseph Charles
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Lloyd Joseph Charles |
Surname | Murphy |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Date of Death | 28-04-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Maurice and Josephine Murphy, of Whitby, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | JB923 |
Markings | VR-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 185. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 216 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/146613 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Squadron Motto | Moosa aswayita |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside Former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Memorial Tablet on Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to Nos 419, 420 and 428 Sqns RCAF who flew from RAF Middleton St George during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/30 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/29 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-04-1943 |
End Date | 29-04-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (32% moon) |
Operation | Mining in the Silverthorne region |
Reason for Loss | Lost without trace |