Donoghue, John Granville (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-April-17

Flight Sergeant John Granville Donoghue RCAF

Birth Date: 1912-April-30

Born: Woodlawn, Bronx County, New York, USA

Parents: Son of Thomas and Clara (nee Coleman) Donohue

Spouse: Husband of Cecelia Donoghue, of Glen Head, New York State, USA

Home: Long Island, New York, USA

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: 1940-August-12

Service

RCAF

Unit

97 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Achieve Your Aim

Base

RAF Woodhall Spa

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Air Gunner (Rear)

Service Numbers

R/54393

Home

Long Island, New York, USA

Target

Augsburg Germany

Temporary Burial

Augsburg-West Civil Cemetery, Germany

Final Burial

Durnbach War Cemetery
Collective Grave 7-15 Plot 6 Row G

Unvetted Source Donohue John Granville

97 Straits Settlements Squadron (Achieve Your Aim), RAF Woodhill Spa

Lancaster I aircraft R5513 OF-P was engaged in a daylight, low level attack (44 & 97 Squadrons, 6 aircraft from each) against the MAN diesel engine factory in Augsburg, Germany. The Lancaster entered target area but was then hit by flak and caught fire in the air. Despite this, the bomber continued on its bomb run and was seen to drop its bombs before exploding and crashing near the target with the loss of the entire crew

Flight Sergeant John Granville Donoghue (RCAF)(USA), Flight Sergeant Stanley Edward Eades MiD (RAFVR), Warrant Officer Leonard Harrison MiD (RAF), Flight Sergeant Norman Craig Hayes MiD (RAFVR), Flight Sergeant David MacDonald MiD (RAFVR), Warrant Officer Thomas James Mycock DFC MiD (RAFVR) and Flight Sergeant Walter Shelley MiD (RAFVR) were all killed in action

The Bomber Command War Diaries and Operational Reference Book 1939-1945 by Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt, page 258

Attack on U-Boat Engine Factory

Unvetted Source Lancaster I R5513 Royal Air Force Serials and Image Database

Unvetted Source Aviation Safety Network

Unvetted Source R5513

Unvetted Source Augsburg-MOD

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial