Michael W. Walsh Updated: 07 MAY 2021
Airman: e777491.htm Surname: Walsh Init: M W Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 156
P_link: p093.htm Plane: WEL BJ840 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The North Sea
Crash_d: d290742 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN
Kl. 23.01 den 28. juli 1942 lettede
WEL BJ840 fra RAF Alconbury på et bombeangreb mod
Hamburg. Flyet medbragte
1 x 4,000 HC bombe.
Flyet styrtede i Nordsøen. Ingen overlevende. (Kilde:
p093MACR)
Den 16. august 1942 begravede feltpræst dr. Hölger, Sild (her), en ukendt flyver, senere identificeret som J. T. Bray. (Kilde: FAF)
Sergeant Michael William Walsh, 23, was
the son of Thomas and Caroline Lydia Walsh, of Romford, Essex, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 96 på the Runnymede Memorial
blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en
kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)
Han var Air Gunner på WEL BJ840. (Kilde: MACR)
1 flyver fra WEL BJ840 blev begravet på Kirkeby Kirkegård. 5 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. 6 flyvere.
At 23.01 hrs. on 28 July 1942
WEL BJ840 took off from
RAF Alconbury on a
bombing raid targeting Hamburg.
A/c carried 1 x 4,000 HC bomb.
The plane crashed in the North Sea. No survivors. (Source:
p093MACR)
On 16 August 1942 Army Chaplain Dr. Hölger, Sylt (here), buried an unknown airman, later identified as J. T. Bray. (Source: FAF)
Sergeant Michael William Walsh, 23, was
the son of Thomas and Caroline Lydia Walsh, of Romford, Essex, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel
96, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave.
(Source: CWGC)
He was an Air Gunner of WEL BJ840. (Source: MACR)
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 259.
1 airman of WEL BJ840 was buried in Kirkeby Churchyard. 5 airmen have no known graves.
See
No. 156 Squadron
RAF (Wikipedia)*156
Squadron RAF*No.
156 Squadron Association*156
Squadron Pathfinder Force*
Wellington
Wellington III BJ840 GT- took
off from RAF Alconbury
at 23.01 hrs on 28 JUL 1942. (Source: Aircrew
Remembered has
this.)
6 airmen.