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COASTAL COMMAND BASE
CASTLE ARCHDALE, CO.FERMANAGH
John and Flora Jackson, Members B 0828& B 0829
During the Second World War Castle Archdale was the base for the squadrons of
airmen who flew the Catalinas and Sunderlands in the fight against the U.Boats
in the North Atlantic. Tragically many of these young airmen lost their lives
and lie buried in the graveyards attached to the Church of Ireland and Roman
Catholic churches in Irvinestown, Co.Fermanagh. Their names are listed below:-
FO.V.Adamic RCAF *
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner 23rd January 1944
Age 27
FO.R.M.Adams RCAF
Air Observer 30th December 1942 Age 20
PO.R.D.A.Becker RCAF
Pilot 14th March 1945 Age 20
FO.H.D.Blair RCAF
Pilot 5th December 1943 Age 33
WO II.R.B.Bryers RCAF
Air Gunner 25th May 1943 Age 22
Ldg.Acm.K.J. Burnett RAF
31st July 1945 Age 22
Flt.Lt.J.Carr RCAF
Air Bomber 9th February 1945 Age 27
FO.E.N.Cave RAF
Wireless Operator 14th March 1945
Age 24
Sgt. F.R.A.Chalk RAF
Air Gunner 21st March 1941 Age 25
FO.J.W. Clarke RCAF
Pilot 25th May 1943 Age 21
Flt.Lt.J.Constabaris RCAF
Pilot 23rd May 1942 Age 27
Sgt.F.T.Copp RAF Flt.Engineer 31st January 1944
Age 24
Flt.Sgt.J.R.Coster RAF
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner 22nd August 1943
Age 23
Flt.Lt.C.S.Crossey RAF
Pilot 22nd August 1943 Age 32
WOII.C.E.Cruickshank RCAF
Flt.Engineer 11th February 1945 Age 42
Sgt.G.A.Cuthbert RAF
Air Gunner 20th December 1944 Age 21
WO.E.L.Darrell RNZAF
21st September 1944 Age 22
PO.C.P.Davidson RCAF
Air Observer 21st March 1941 Age 27
Flt.Sgt.N.Davison RAF
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner 14th March 1945
Age 22
FO.F.E.Dawson RCAF
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner 23rd January 1944
Age19
Flt.Lt.E.C.Devine RCAF
Pilot 12th August 1944 Age 22
Sgt.H.Dunbar RAF
Air Gunner 21st March 1941 Age 20
Sgt.J.R.Forrest RCAF *
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner 12th August 1944
Flt.Sgt.S.B.Frith RAF
Pilot 14th March 1945 Age 21
Flt.Sgt.T.W.Gale RAF 21st August 1944
Flt.Sgt.A.J.Gallagher RAAF *
7th November 1943 Age 20
WOI.N.W.Gardner RCAF Air Gunner 7th November 1943
Age22
Flt.Lt.J.P.Garrard RAAF *
14th March 1945 Age 32
Flt.Lt.M.L.Gillingham RAF
Pilot 31st January 1944 Age 22
PO.J.Gingrich RCAF
Air Gunner 11th February 1945 Age38
FO.F.H.Grainger RCAF
Air Gunner 16th October 1943 Age 20
Flt.Sgt.F.G.Green RCAF
Air Gunner 31st January 1944 Age 31
FO.F.W.Greenwood RCAF
Pilot 6th September 1944 Age 28
Flt.Lt.A.C.Griffin RAF
Pilot 22nd August 1943 Age 27
FO.T.R.Hailstone RCAF
Pilot 11th February 1945 Age 20
WOI.C.McD.Hardcastle RCAF
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner 12th November 1945
Age 23
FO.D.R.Hatton RAF
Pilot 14th March 1945 Age 23
PO.L.A.Hebenton RCAF
Air Gunner 20th February 1944 Age20
Sgt.S.O.Hill RAF
Air Gunner 9th January 1944 Age 18
Sgt.J.H.Hodgson RCAF Air Gunner 16th October 1943
Age 20
Sgt.W.C.Hopps RCAF
Pilot 25th May 1943 Age 24
FO.V.Howkins RAF Navigator 14th March 1945
Age 31
Flt.Sgt.A.S.Johnston RAAF
7th November 1943 Age 22
Flt.Sgt.G.R.Kennedy RAF
Air Gunner 14th March 1945 Age 20
WOII.E.F.Knibbs RCAF
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner 11th February 1945
Age 20
Acm.1st CL.W.J.Lanham RAF
14th October 1942 Age 21
WOII.H.J.Lepper RCAF
Flt.Engineer 23rd October 1944 Age 29
Sgt.V.H.Louis RCAF *
Flt.Engineer 16th October 1943
Sgt.G.W.Lowther RAAF
30th December 1942 Age 25
Flt.Sgt.A.Marshall RAF
Flt.Engineer 17th April 1944 Age 27
FO.F.Moss RAAF
5th December 1943 Age 29
FO.J.A.McLennan RCAF
Pilot 11th February 1945 Age 20
Flt.Sgt.J.R.McMillan RAF
Pilot 28th December 1943 Age 32
Sgt.H.H.Newbury RAF *
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner 21st March 1941
Age 20
FO.M.J.H.Newham RAF
Air Gunner 30th December 1942 Age 25
Acm.1st Cl.R.H.Oldfield RAF
21st March 1941
FO.J.M.O'Leary RCAF *
22nd January 1945 Age 24
Sgt.J.S.Orr RAF Pilot 30th December 1942
Age 21
FO.E.F.Paige DFC RCAF
Pilot
25th May 1943 Age 27
Flt.Sgt.N.B.Pickford RAF
Navigator
22nd August1943 Age 25
Flt.Lt.J.D.Ross RCAF
Navigator 11th February 1945 Age 25
Flt.Sgt.G.H.Sansome RAAF
7th November 1943 Age 22
WOII.W.D.Scott RCAF
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner 11th November 1943
Age21
FO.J.R.Seeger RCAF
Pilot 11th February 1945 Age 22
PO.W.J.Sharp RAAF
20th November 1944 Age21
Flt.Sgt.A.F.Sherry RAAF
9th January 1944 Age 20
Sgt.G.H.Slack RAF
Air Gunner 21st March 1941 Age 21
S-O Brev.1.J.M.Soucie RCAF *
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Le 11 Fevrier 1945 Age23
FO.D.L.Sproule RCAF
Pilot 16th October 1943 Age 24
Sqd.Ldr.P.M.H.Thomas RAF
5th December 1943 Age 25
Sgt.G.F.W.Tilt RAF
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner 22nd August 1943
Age 38
WOII.L.J.Upshall RCAF
Pilot 23rd January 1944 Age 24
Ldg.Acm.H.Ward RAF
17th August 1943 Age 22
Sgt.R.H.D.Watson RAF Navigator 9th January 1944
Age 20
Sgt.F.A.Weaver RNZAF *
28th August 1942 Age 27
Sgt.C.G.E.Wellington RAF
Air Gunner 5th December 1943 Age 28
FO.A.E.Whitworth RAF
Pilot 21st March 1941
FO.N.Wilbee RCAF
Air Gunner 11th February 1945
FO.G.N.Wilkinson RAF
Pilot 22nd August 1943
FO.R.T.Wilkinson RCAF
Pilot 12th August 1944 Age 22
Flt.Sgt.P.Woollatt RAF
Wireless Operator/Mechanic 11th February 1945
Age 24
An Airman
Of the
Second World War Buried 9th December 1943
"Known unto God"
An Airman
Of the 1939-1945 War An Officer RAF
Buried 28Th August 1946 "Known unto God"
Those names marked with an asterisk are buried in the Roman Catholic
graveyard.
POSTSCRIPT
Since the original article was published
John and Flora have been back to Co.Fermanagh and discovered a recently
erected memorial on the roadside at Trory Cross on the main Enniskillen to
Castle Archdale Road, where a Sunderland Flying Boat crashed.
The inscription reads:
IN MEMORY OF P/O
L. A. HEBENTON (CALGARY), SGT. R. W. BODSWORTH (NORTHAMPTON)
OF 422 SQUADRON R.C.A.F. WHO DIED WHEN THEIR SUNDERLAND FLYING
BOAT W.6028 CRASHED NEAR THIS SPOT ON 20.2.1944 AT 12.50
It is very sad to realise how close this
aeroplane was to its base at Castle Archdale just a few miles away.
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