42620 Squadron Leader Michael Robert MacClancy.
The Royal Air Force.
226 Squadron.
Aged 22.
Son of Michael MacClancy, MRCVS, and Nancy MacClancy, of Howth Road, Raheny, Dublin.
Husband of Beatrice Campbell MacClancy.
Educated at
O'Connell Schools, Dublin.
Belvedere College, Dublin.
He appears to have gone to Northern Ireland at the outbreak of World War 2, and enlisted in the RAF at Prestwick, Scotland, where he qualified for his pilot's licence in a period of 10 weeks.
The London Gazette, 2 July 1940.
Acting Pilot Officers on probation, to be graded Pilot Officers on probation, appointed on 1st May 1940, but effective from 24th March 1940,
Michael Robert MacClancy [42620]
Following the fall of France in 1940, 226 Squadron was re-assigned to RAF Sydenham, in Belfast.
While there, he met and married his wife Beatrice Josephine Campbell. They were said to have been married in Belfast in 1939, but it is more likely that this occurred in 1940.
The squadron was subsequently moved to Wattisham and Swanton-Morley in East Anglia.
Squadron Leader MacClancy died when his aircraft crashed during a landing approach to RAF Hemswell, returning from a bombing mission to Germany, during which it was hit. All six of the crew died when the plane crashed during the attempted landing.
His body was returned to Ireland for burial.
Find A Grave Contributor
Alison
provided the following, which she obtained from
Bomber County Aviation Research
Their aircraft was destroyed when it crashed after the pilot pulled it into a steep turn in low-level flight, causing a high-speed stall. This developed into a flick-roll at low altitude, leaving the pilot no room to recover. The aircraft completed a full roll and crashed right way up. Pilot S/Ldr MR MacClancy (Irish), P/O T E Davies, F/Sgt R J Holloway and LAC L Hale all died in this incident.
See a short biography on his wife at,
Beatrice Campbell 1922-1979
She was an actress.
She married the actor Nigel Dennis Patrick Wemyss-Gorman, whose stage name was
Nigel Patrick in 1951.
See also
Belvederians who died in WW2
by Oliver Murphy, a History Teacher at Belvedere College
Known members of the crew include
Thomas Emlyn Davies, Pilot Observer
Leading Aircraftman Leonard Hale
Flight Sergeant Reginald John Holloway
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Squadron Leader Michael Robert MacClancy
Pilot
The Royal Air Force.
226 Squadron.
Aged 22.
Son of Michael MacClancy, MRCVS, and Nancy MacClancy, of Howth Road, Raheny, Dublin.
Husband of Beatrice Campbell MacClancy.
Educated at
O'Connell Schools, Dublin.
Belvedere College, Dublin.
He appears to have gone to Northern Ireland at the outbreak of World War 2, and enlisted in the RAF at Prestwick, Scotland, where he qualified for his pilot's licence in a period of 10 weeks.
The London Gazette, 2 July 1940.
Acting Pilot Officers on probation, to be graded Pilot Officers on probation, appointed on 1st May 1940, but effective from 24th March 1940,
Michael Robert MacClancy [42620]
Following the fall of France in 1940, 226 Squadron was re-assigned to RAF Sydenham, in Belfast.
While there, he met and married his wife Beatrice Josephine Campbell. They were said to have been married in Belfast in 1939, but it is more likely that this occurred in 1940.
The squadron was subsequently moved to Wattisham and Swanton-Morley in East Anglia.
Squadron Leader MacClancy died when his aircraft crashed during a landing approach to RAF Hemswell, returning from a bombing mission to Germany, during which it was hit. All six of the crew died when the plane crashed during the attempted landing.
His body was returned to Ireland for burial.
Find A Grave Contributor
Alison
provided the following, which she obtained from
Bomber County Aviation Research
Their aircraft was destroyed when it crashed after the pilot pulled it into a steep turn in low-level flight, causing a high-speed stall. This developed into a flick-roll at low altitude, leaving the pilot no room to recover. The aircraft completed a full roll and crashed right way up. Pilot S/Ldr MR MacClancy (Irish), P/O T E Davies, F/Sgt R J Holloway and LAC L Hale all died in this incident.
See a short biography on his wife at,
Beatrice Campbell 1922-1979
She was an actress.
She married the actor Nigel Dennis Patrick Wemyss-Gorman, whose stage name was
Nigel Patrick in 1951.
See also
Belvederians who died in WW2
by Oliver Murphy, a History Teacher at Belvedere College
Known members of the crew include
Thomas Emlyn Davies, Pilot Observer
Leading Aircraftman Leonard Hale
Flight Sergeant Reginald John Holloway
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Squadron Leader Michael Robert MacClancy
Pilot
42620 Squadron Leader Michael Robert MacClancy.
The Royal Air Force.
226 Squadron.
Aged 22.
Son of Michael MacClancy, MRCVS, and Nancy MacClancy, of Howth Road, Raheny, Dublin.
Husband of Beatrice Campbell MacClancy.
Educated at
O'Connell Schools, Dublin.
Belvedere College, Dublin.
He appears to have gone to Northern Ireland at the outbreak of World War 2, and enlisted in the RAF at Prestwick, Scotland, where he qualified for his pilot's licence in a period of 10 weeks.
The London Gazette, 2 July 1940.
Acting Pilot Officers on probation, to be graded Pilot Officers on probation, appointed on 1st May 1940, but effective from 24th March 1940,
Michael Robert MacClancy [42620]
Following the fall of France in 1940, 226 Squadron was re-assigned to RAF Sydenham, in Belfast.
While there, he met and married his wife Beatrice Josephine Campbell. They were said to have been married in Belfast in 1939, but it is more likely that this occurred in 1940.
The squadron was subsequently moved to Wattisham and Swanton-Morley in East Anglia.
Squadron Leader MacClancy died when his aircraft crashed during a landing approach to RAF Hemswell, returning from a bombing mission to Germany, during which it was hit. All six of the crew died when the plane crashed during the attempted landing.
His body was returned to Ireland for burial.
Find A Grave Contributor
Alison
provided the following, which she obtained from
Bomber County Aviation Research
Their aircraft was destroyed when it crashed after the pilot pulled it into a steep turn in low-level flight, causing a high-speed stall. This developed into a flick-roll at low altitude, leaving the pilot no room to recover. The aircraft completed a full roll and crashed right way up. Pilot S/Ldr MR MacClancy (Irish), P/O T E Davies, F/Sgt R J Holloway and LAC L Hale all died in this incident.
See a short biography on his wife at,
Beatrice Campbell 1922-1979
She was an actress.
She married the actor Nigel Dennis Patrick Wemyss-Gorman, whose stage name was
Nigel Patrick in 1951.
See also
Belvederians who died in WW2
by Oliver Murphy, a History Teacher at Belvedere College
Known members of the crew include
Thomas Emlyn Davies, Pilot Observer
Leading Aircraftman Leonard Hale
Flight Sergeant Reginald John Holloway
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Squadron Leader Michael Robert MacClancy
Pilot
The Royal Air Force.
226 Squadron.
Aged 22.
Son of Michael MacClancy, MRCVS, and Nancy MacClancy, of Howth Road, Raheny, Dublin.
Husband of Beatrice Campbell MacClancy.
Educated at
O'Connell Schools, Dublin.
Belvedere College, Dublin.
He appears to have gone to Northern Ireland at the outbreak of World War 2, and enlisted in the RAF at Prestwick, Scotland, where he qualified for his pilot's licence in a period of 10 weeks.
The London Gazette, 2 July 1940.
Acting Pilot Officers on probation, to be graded Pilot Officers on probation, appointed on 1st May 1940, but effective from 24th March 1940,
Michael Robert MacClancy [42620]
Following the fall of France in 1940, 226 Squadron was re-assigned to RAF Sydenham, in Belfast.
While there, he met and married his wife Beatrice Josephine Campbell. They were said to have been married in Belfast in 1939, but it is more likely that this occurred in 1940.
The squadron was subsequently moved to Wattisham and Swanton-Morley in East Anglia.
Squadron Leader MacClancy died when his aircraft crashed during a landing approach to RAF Hemswell, returning from a bombing mission to Germany, during which it was hit. All six of the crew died when the plane crashed during the attempted landing.
His body was returned to Ireland for burial.
Find A Grave Contributor
Alison
provided the following, which she obtained from
Bomber County Aviation Research
Their aircraft was destroyed when it crashed after the pilot pulled it into a steep turn in low-level flight, causing a high-speed stall. This developed into a flick-roll at low altitude, leaving the pilot no room to recover. The aircraft completed a full roll and crashed right way up. Pilot S/Ldr MR MacClancy (Irish), P/O T E Davies, F/Sgt R J Holloway and LAC L Hale all died in this incident.
See a short biography on his wife at,
Beatrice Campbell 1922-1979
She was an actress.
She married the actor Nigel Dennis Patrick Wemyss-Gorman, whose stage name was
Nigel Patrick in 1951.
See also
Belvederians who died in WW2
by Oliver Murphy, a History Teacher at Belvedere College
Known members of the crew include
Thomas Emlyn Davies, Pilot Observer
Leading Aircraftman Leonard Hale
Flight Sergeant Reginald John Holloway
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Squadron Leader Michael Robert MacClancy
Pilot
Inscription
Main headstone
In Remembrance Of
Sqd-Ldr. M. R. (Bobby) MacCLANCY
R.A.F.
killed on active service
18th April 1942
MICHAEL J. MacCLANCY
died 25th Dec. 1954
aged 67 years.
his wife
Mrs. ANNE (NANCY) MacCLANCY
died 17th Sept. 1979
aged 87 years
MARJORIE NOBLE (nee MacCLANCY)
died 1st Nov. 1997
R.I.P.
CWGC headstone
RAF Crest
Squadron Leader
M. R. MAC CLANCY
Pilot
Royal Air Force
12th April 1942 aged 22
+
sacred heart of Jesus
have mercy on him
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