McCartney, James (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-April-25

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Birth Date: 1915

Born:

Parents: William and Dorothy McCartney

Spouse: Joan McCartney, of Cheadle Hulme

Home: Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, England

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAF

Unit

78 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nemo Non Paratus Nobody unprepared

Base

RAF Breighton

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

31398

Home
Google MapCheadle Hulme, Cheshire, England
Target
Google MapKarlsruhe Germany
Benestroff Communal Cemetery, France Halifax Mk III LV958 EY-O Following failure of both port engines, aircraft crashed at Benestroff roughly 10 km ESE of Morhange France.

Crew or Other Personnel

Halifax LV958

Pilot Officer Theodore Phillip Bourque RCAF

Pilot Officer Bourque, Theodore Phillip (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-April-25
Communal Cemetery, Benestroff, Moselle, France

Flt Sergeant Norman Walter Brown RAF

Flt Sergeant Brown, Norman Walter (RAF)

Prisoner of War
1944-April-25
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Henry Gibbs RAFVR

Sergeant Gibbs, Henry (RAFVR)
Flt Engineer
Killed in Action
1944-April-25
cemetery unknown

Flying Officer Maurice M Holgate RAF

Flying Officer Holgate, Maurice M (RAF)

Prisoner of War
1944-April-25
cemetery unknown

Flying Officer James McCartney RAF

Flying Officer McCartney, James (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-April-25
cemetery unknown

Sergeant John Alfred Edward Skeat RAF

Sergeant Skeat, John Alfred Edward (RAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-April-25
cemetery unknown

Flt Sergeant John Edward Waltham RAF

Flt Sergeant Waltham, John Edward (RAF)
WOp-AG
Killed in Action
1944-April-25
cemetery unknown