Sheehan, Henry Augustine (Warrant Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-May-13

Warrant Officer Henry Augustine Sheehan RCAF

Birth Date: 1918-August-26

Born: Fermoy, Ireland

Parents: Son of James Sheehan and of Mary Sheehan (nee Hearne).

Spouse:

Home: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment Date: 1940-December-30

Service

RCAF

Unit

57 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Corpus Non Animum Muto I change my body, not my spirit

Base

Rank

Warrant Officer

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/81445

Home
Google MapVancouver, British Columbia
Target
Google MapDuisburg Germany
Final Burial
Google MapRoman Catholic Cemetery
Row B Grave 26
57 Squadron (Corpus Non Animum Muto). Lancaster aircraft ED 778 was shot down near Netterden three and one half miles south-west of Gendringen, Holland. Pilot Officer H.C. MacNeil, FS M.G. Levins, Warrant Officer A.L. Home, and Sergeant T.J. Gregory (RAF) were also killed. One Canadian, FS Leach was either an Evader or was taken Prisoner of War and one of the crew, not Canadian, missing believed killed.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster ED778

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Allan Lockwood Home RCAF

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Home, Allan Lockwood (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-May-13
Roman Catholic Cemetery, Gendringen, Gelderland, Netherlands

Flight Sergeant George Brown Leach RCAF

Flight Sergeant Leach, George Brown (RCAF)

Prisoner of War
1943-May-13
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Milford Glen Thomas Levins RCAF

Flight Sergeant Levins, Milford Glen Thomas (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-May-13
Roman Catholic Cemetery, Gendringen, Gelderland, Netherlands

Pilot Officer Hugh Columba MacNeil RCAF

Pilot Officer MacNeil, Hugh Columba (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-May-13
Roman Catholic Cemetery, Gendringen, Gelderland, Netherlands

Warrant Officer Henry Augustine Sheehan RCAF

Warrant Officer Sheehan, Henry Augustine (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-May-13
Roman Catholic Cemetery, Gendringen, Gelderland, Netherlands