Costello, Michael (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-August-15

Flight Sergeant Michael Costello RCAF

Birth Date: 1910-October-02

Born:

Parents: John & Emma Costello

Spouse: Louise Costello. of Toronto.

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

75 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base

RAF Mepal

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

R/123094

Home
Google MapToronto, Ontario
Final Burial
Google MapLa Chaume New Communal Cemetery

Took off at 20:49 from Mepal on a 'Gardening' (mine laying) operation in the Gironde Estuary.

Aircraft was brought down off the French coast by unknown means. The bodies of four crew members were recovered and buried.Killed includes Costello: Sergeant Reginald Frederick Andrews RAF KIA Olonne-Sur-Mer Communal Cemetery Row 5. Grave 5. Sergeant Basil George Crisp RAF KIA Olonne-Sur-Mer Communal Cemetery Row 5. Grave 7. Sergeant Jack Edmond Lovewell RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 157. Sergeant Frederick David Mason RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 158. Flying Officer John George Turnbull RNZAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 198. Flight Sergeant Neville Bruce Whitta RNZAF pilot KIA Olonne-Sur-Mer Communal Cemetery Row 5. Grave 6.

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)