Basil M. O'Hara                                                                                         Updated: 04 MAR 2021

Airman: e777641.htm Surname: O'Hara Init: B M Rank: P/O Service: RCAF Sqdn: 434

P_link: p225.htm Plane: HAL LK648 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d280943 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Den 27. september 1943 kl. 19.21 lettede HAL LK648 fra RAF Tholthorpe i Yorkshire på bombetogt mod Hannover.

"Fly styrtet i Nordsøen. Ingen overlevende. Gummibåd med ligene af F/Lt Hallas og F/Lt Wallace samlet op 9. oktober 1943 på position
7 sømil ØNØ for Slugen N af fiskekutter E. 425 "Chr. Muff" og taget til Esbjerg samme dag. Skipper på E. 425: Christen Enevoldsen." (p225MACR+rapport)

Flight Sergeant Basil M. O'Hara, 21, was the son of Gerald C. and Ann O'Hara, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Hans navn er på Panel 185 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

Han var Wireless Operator / Air Gunner på HAL LK648. (Kilde: MACR)

2 flyvere fra HAL LK648 blev begravet i Esbjerg og 1 i Norge. 5 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.
Se Halifax Print * Halifax Mk III på YAM 2019 * folk bag en Halifax klar til en mission.  8 flyvere.

On 27 September 1943 at 19.21 hrs HAL LK648 took off from  RAF Tholthorpe in Yorkshire on a bombing raid targeting Hanover.

"Aircraft crashed in North Sea. No survivors. Dinghy containing the bodies of F/Lts Hallas and Wallace picked up on October 9 1943 in position
7 Nautical miles ENE of Slugen N by fishing vessel E. 425 "Chr. Muff" and carried to Esbjerg same day. Skipper of E. 425: Christen Enevoldsen." (MACR)

Flight Sergeant Basil M. O'Hara, 21, was the son of Gerald C. and Ann O'Hara, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 185, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)
He was the Wireless Operator / Air Gunner of HAL LK648. (Source: MACR)
His name is engraved on the Memorial Wall at the BC Museum of Canada. The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has this.
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 220.

2 airmen from HAL LK648 were buried in Esbjerg and 1 in NORWAY. 5 airmen have no known grave.

See No. 6 Group and the Canadian Squadrons * No. 434 (Bluenose) Squadron * RCAF 434 Squadron 1943-1945 * No. 434 Squadron RCAF in Wikipedia.
Halifax-Wikipedia*Halifax Print*Halifax-BC Museum.Canada * Halifax-RAF Museum * Halifax-The Yorkshire Air Museum * Halifax Mk III at YAM 2019*LAN-HAL.

Halifax V LK648 IP-F took off from RAF Tholthorpe at 19.21 hrs on 27 SEP 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) See p225MACR+report   8 airmen.