Sheean, Lorin James (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-December-20

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Birth Date: 1919-March-16

Born: Ararat, Victoria, Australia

Parents: Son of Edward John and Eileen Mary Sheean, of Bullaharre, Victoria, Australia

Spouse:

Home: Bullaharre, Victoria, Australia

Enlistment: Melbourne, Australia

Enlistment Date: 1941-July-11

Service

RAAF

Unit

76 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Resolute

Base

Holme-on-Spalding-Moor

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Wireless/Air Gunner (Rear)

Service Numbers

410014

Home
Google MapBullaharre, Victoria, Australia
Target
Google MapFrankfurt Germany
Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
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476 Squadron (Resolute) RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor. Halifax aircraft LK 926 MP-C was shot down by marine flak off Castricum, Holland returning from a night operation over Frankfurt, Germany

The Halifax crashed into the North Sea off Goeree-Overflakkee island, Zuid-Holland

FS LJ Sheean (RAAF) was missing, presumed killed in action

FS Sheean has no known grave and is commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial

Unvetted Source SHEEAN, Lorin James-Service Number 410014 I Wireless Air...

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Halifax LK926

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Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

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Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant John Alexander Lamb RNZAF

Flight Sergeant Lamb, John Alexander (RNZAF)
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Killed in Action
1943-December-20
Castricum Protestant Churchyard, Noor-Holland, Netherlands

Flight Sergeant Charles William Matthews RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Matthews, Charles William (RAFVR)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-December-20
Canadian War Cemetery, Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery, Ruytershoveweg, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands

Flight Sergeant David Stuart McClelland RCAF

Flight Sergeant McClelland, David Stuart (RCAF)
Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)
Killed in Action
1943-December-20
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant Lorin James Sheean RAAF

Flight Sergeant Sheean, Lorin James (RAAF)
Wireless/Air Gunner (Rear)
Killed in Action
1943-December-20
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Sergeant Ronald Frederick Taylor RAFVR

Sergeant Taylor, Ronald Frederick (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1943-December-20
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK