Corrigan, Robert James (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Action 1942-August-19
Birth Date: 1915-June-06
Born: Sainte-Foy, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada
Parents: James Andrew John & Margaret Mary Corrigan
Spouse:
Home: Quebec City, Quebec
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
226 (MB) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Non Sibi Sed Patriae For country not for self
Base
RAF Thruxton
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/15537
Prev: R/55240
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Boston AL736
Mission
Boston III AL736
Bombing Dieppe France 1942-August-19 to 1942-August-19
226 (MB) Sqn (RAF) RAF Thruxton
Operation Jubilee
226 Squadron RAF (Non sibi sed patriae) RAF Thruxton. Boston Mk III aircraft AL736 MQ-P was engaged in an operation to lay smoke screens over the beachhead in support of the Canadian (Operation Jubilee) landings at Dieppe, France. The bomber was shot down by flak as it emerged from a protective smoke screen and crashed into the sea off the Dutch coast
Pilot Officer Robert James Corrigan (RCAF) and Flight Sergeant William Osselton (RAFVR) were missing, presumed killed in action> The missing have no known grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Flying Officer Stanley Moth (RAFVR) was injured in the crash and taken POW, but the camp was not listed
The Greatest Air Battle, Dieppe, 19th August 1942 by Norman Franks, pages 34,114,232
Royal Air Force Serial and Image DatabaseBoston AL736 III - Bombing Dieppe France - 1942-08-19 to 1942-08-19
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226 Squadron RAF (Non sibi sed patriae) RAF Thruxton. Boston Mk III aircraft AL736 MQ-P was engaged in an operation to lay smoke screens over the beachhead in support of the Canadian (Operation Jubilee) landings at Dieppe, France. The bomber was shot down by flak as it emerged from a protective smoke screen and crashed into the sea off the Dutch coast
Pilot Officer Robert James Corrigan (RCAF) and Flight Sergeant William Osselton (RAFVR) were missing, presumed killed in action> The missing have no known grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Flying Officer Stanley Moth (RAFVR) was injured in the crash and taken POW, but the camp was not listed
The Greatest Air Battle, Dieppe, 19th August 1942 by Norman Franks, pages 34,114,232