Quigley, Francis (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-February-02

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Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Parents: Francis and Sarah Alice Quigley

Spouse:

Home: Radcliffe, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

7 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Diem Per Noctem By day and by night

Base

RAF Oakington

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner

Service Numbers

1061861

Home
Google MapRadcliffe, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Target
Google MapCologne Germany
Final Burial
Google MapCemetery Crooswijk
Plot LL Row 1 Grave 24

Crew or Other Personnel

Stirling R9264

Flight Sergeant Joseph Parsons Bragg RCAF

Flight Sergeant Bragg, Joseph Parsons (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Prisoner of War
1943-February-02
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Robin Neville Benedict Brooker RAF

Flight Sergeant Brooker, Robin Neville Benedict (RAF)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1943-February-02
Cemetery Crooswijk, Kerkhoflaan, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Warrant Officer 2 William Joseph Dempster RCAF

Warrant Officer 2 Dempster, William Joseph (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1943-February-02
Cemetery Crooswijk, Kerkhoflaan, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Flight Lieutenant Barry Martin RNZAF

Flight Lieutenant Martin, Barry (RNZAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-February-02
Cemetery Crooswijk, Kerkhoflaan, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Sergeant Reginald Graham Newman RAF

Sergeant Newman, Reginald Graham (RAF)

Prisoner of War
1943-February-02
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Francis Quigley RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Quigley, Francis (RAFVR)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-February-02
Cemetery Crooswijk, Kerkhoflaan, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Squadron Leader William Arthur Smith RAFVR

Squadron Leader Smith, William Arthur (RAFVR)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-February-02
Cemetery Crooswijk, Kerkhoflaan, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Mission

Stirling Mk. l R9264

Bombing 1943-February-02 to 1943-February-02

(B) Sqn (RAF)

Took off from Oakington at 19:26 in Stirling Mk I (Sqn code: MG-L Bomber Command) on an operation to Cologne Germany.

Shot down at 22:05 by a night-fighter and crashed at Paulusweg near Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland

Killed: Flight Sergeant Robin Neville Benedict Brooker RAF KIA Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery Plot LL. Row 2. Grave 28. Warrant Officer Class 2 William Joseph Dempster RCAF R/83543 KIA Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery Plot LL. Row 2. Grave 26. F/Lt Barry Martin RAF KIA Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery Plot LL. Row 2. Grave 27. Flight Sergeant Francis Quigley RAF KIA Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery Plot LL. Row 1. Grave 24. S/Ldr William Arthur Smith RAF pilot KIA Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery Plot LL. Row 1. Grave 25.

POWs includes Bragg: Sergeant Reginald Graham Newman RAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug.