Shaugnessy, Gerard Joseph (Sergeant)

Evader 1944-04-19

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Birth Date: 1916-June-25

Born: Brantford, Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Home: Brantford, Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

432 (B) Sqn- Squadron
Saeviter Ad Lucem Ferociously toward the light

Base

RAF East Moor

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/185153

Sergeant Shaugnessy's parachute opened inside the aircraft and he was unable to jump before the aircraft crashed. Miraculously, although injured, he survived the crash and evaded capture. With the aid of various locals and escape organizations escaped through Spain to Gibraltar, returning to the UK 1944-07-11RAF Evaders, The Comprehensive Story of Thousands of Escapers and Their Escape Lines, Western Europe, 1940-1945 by Oliver Clutton-Brock pages 155,398

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