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McManus, Patrick Joseph (Flight Lieutenant)

Prisoner of War unkown date

Male Head

Birth Date: unkown date (age unknown)

Service
RCAF
Unit
502 (MP) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nihil Timeo I fear nothing
Base
St Eval Cornwall England
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Service Numbers
J/14558
PoW: 8712

Coastal Command Squadron based at Stornoway, Western Isles, Scotland.

Aircraft was patrolling in The Skagerak between Denmark and Norway when they followed a radar surface contact that turned out to be a German warship that shot them down when they dropped below the 800 foot cloud ceiling

Killed: Sergeant Reginald Godfrey Allen RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 215. Flying Officer Hugh Thomas Conlin RCAF J/86304 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 245. W/O Charles McLaughlin RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 214. Flying Officer Joseph Armand Roger Lucien La Palme RCAF J/18647 Norway Mandal Churchyard Grave I. 2. 12.

POWs; W/Cdr Charles Aubrey Maton RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria POW# 8711. Flying Officer Ian Edwin Osbourne RAF POW Stalag 3D Berlin-Steglitz POW# 12816. F/Lt Sidney Arthur Winchester RCAF J/10019 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria POW# 8717. Flying Officer Patrick Joseph McManus DFC RCAF J/14558 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan & Belaria POW# 8712. Flying Officer Alexander Lawrence Lyttle DFC RCAF J/25873 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan & Belaria POW# 8565.

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