Conlin, Hugh Thomas (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-October-04

Flying Officer Hugh Thomas Conlin RCAF

Birth Date: 1920-March-25

Born:

Parents: William & Lillian Conlin

Spouse: Edith Irene Conlin, of Dorset, Ontario

Home: Huntsville, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

502 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nihil Timeo I fear nothing

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

J/86034

Home
Google MapHuntsville, Ontario
Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 245

Took off on an anti-shipping patrol of the Skaggerak area off Denmark.

Intense anti-aircraft fire was encountered and the aircraft was so badly damaged it was forced down onto the sea.

Killed; Flying Officer Hugh Thomas Conlin RCAF J/86034 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 245. Flying Officer Joseph Armand Roger Lucien La Palme RCAF J/18647 KIA Mandal Churchyard grave I. 2. 12. Flight Sergeant Reginald Godfrey Allen RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 215. WO Charles McLaughlin RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 214.

POWs: Flying Officer Ian Edwin Osbourne RAF POW Stalag 3D Berlin-Steglitz. Flying Officer Alexander Lawrence Lyttle RCAF J/28573 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Flying Officer Patrick Joseph McManus RCAF J/14558 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. F/Lt Sidney Arthur Winchester RCAF J/10019 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. W/C Charles Aubrey Maton RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)