Connolly, Daniel Francis (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-July-14

Pilot Officer Daniel Francis Connolly RCAF

Birth Date: 1922

Born:

Parents: John Joseph & Alice Mary Connolly

Spouse:

Home: Hamilton, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

77 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Esse Potius Quam Videri To be, rather than to seem

Base

RAF Full Sutton

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

J/90369
Prev: R/186189

Home

Hamilton, Ontario (parents)

Target

Training

Final Burial

Stonefall Cemetery
buried Sec 13 Row J Grave 9

Aircraft took off from Full Sutton, around midday, to take part in a fighter affiliation exercise.

At 14:30 the aircraft broke up and dived into the ground near Kirby Underdale killing all on board. Control had been lost while making a tight turn which led to the aircraft breaking up in the air.

Killed includes Connolly: Pilot Officer Nelson Hagey Groh RCAF J/90370 pilot KIA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. B. Row J. Grave 10. Pilot Officer Francis Simon Marcellus RCAF J/90146 KIA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. B. Row J. Grave 14. Sergeant Daniel Webster MacKinnon RCAF R/183416 KIA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. B. Row J. Grave 11. Sergeant Glendon Arthur Smirl RCAF R/204325 KIA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. B. Row J. Grave 12. Pilot Officer Joseph Trevor Yoemans RCAF J/90371 KIA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. B. Row J. Grave 13. Sergeant Harry Ashwell RAF KIA Batley Cemetery Sec. T. Grave 547.]

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