McManus, Patrick Joseph
Prisoner of War 2025-04-19
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Service
RCAF
Unit
502 (MP) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nihil Timeo I fear nothing
Base
St Eval Cornwall England
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Position
Flight Lieutenant
Service Numbers
J/14558
PoW: 8712
Coastal Command Squadron based at Stornoway, Western Isles, Scotland.
Aircraft was patrolling in The Skagerak between Denmark and Norway when they followed a radar surface contact that turned out to be a German warship that shot them down when they dropped below the 800 foot cloud ceiling
Killed:Sergeant Reginald Godfrey Allen RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 215.Flying Officer Hugh Thomas Conlin RCAF J/86304 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 245.W/O Charles McLaughlin RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 214.Flying Officer Joseph Armand Roger Lucien La Palme RCAF J/18647 Norway Mandal Churchyard Grave I. 2. 12.
POWs;W/Cdr Charles Aubrey Maton RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria POW# 8711.Flying Officer Ian Edwin Osbourne RAF POW Stalag 3D Berlin-Steglitz POW# 12816.F/Lt Sidney Arthur Winchester RCAF J/10019 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria POW# 8717.Flying Officer Patrick Joseph McManus DFC RCAF J/14558 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan & Belaria POW# 8712.Flying Officer Alexander Lawrence Lyttle DFC RCAF J/25873 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan & Belaria POW# 8565.
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)