Cooney, James Daniel O'Leary (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-August-16

Flight Sergeant James Daniel O'Leary Cooney RCAF

Birth Date: 1921

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Home: Montreal, Quebec

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

106 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base

RAF Coningsby

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/54828

Home
Google MapMontreal, Quebec
Target
Google MapDüsseldorf Germany
Temporary Burial
Google MapNorth Military Cemetery At Dusseldorf

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapReichswald Forest War Cemetery
grave 9 H 8

Took off from Coningsby at 00:20 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code ZN-? Bomber Command) on an operation to Düsseldorf Germany.

Shot down by flak over the target and crashed at Düsseldorf-Lörick, Nordheim-Westfallen Germany.

Killed: Flight Sergeant James Daniel O'leary Cooney RCAF R/54828 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 9. H. 8. Flying Officer John Edward Coates RAAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Joint grave 9. H. 9-10. Sergeant John Dundas Dickie RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Joint grave 9. H. 9-10. Sergeant Charles Albert Holmes RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 9. H. 5. Pilot Officer Andrew Maxwell RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 9. H. 7. Sergeant Thomas Allen Reid RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 9. H. 6. Sergeant Stanley Topham RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Joint grave 9.H. 11. Flight Sergeant John Arthur Williams RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Joint grave 9. H. 11.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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