Delaney, John Michael Hugh (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1944-November-08

Flight Sergeant John Michael Hugh Delaney RCAF

Birth Date: 1924-November-20

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Home: Chapleau, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

62 (T) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Insperato Unexpectedly

Base

Agartala, Burma

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/200036

Temporary Burial
Google MapNorth Yazogyo, Burma

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapImphal War Cemetery
Plot 7 Row B Grave 10

Mission

Dakota III FL554

Transport 1944-November-08 to 1944-November-08

62 (T) Sqn (RAF) Agartala, Burma

Dakota Mk III FL-554 was dropping supplies to the British 14th Army when they were shot down by enemy aircraft at North Yazagyo, Burma (Myanmar).

Killed: Flying Officer Bruce Sherwood Corbett RCAF KIA; Flight Sergeant John Michael Hugh Delaney RCAF KIA; Warrant Officer Class 1 Michael Edmund Gallagher RCAF KIA; Flight Sergeant R.J.Cook KIA; Sergeant C.E.J Gray KIA.

Letter confirming "Killed"