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Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Albert Twohy

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Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Albert Twohy

Birth
Derby Unitary Authority, Derbyshire, England
Death
25 Jun 1943 (aged 24)
Grubbenvorst, Horst aan de Maas Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Burial
Nijmegen, Nijmegen Municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands Add to Map
Plot
11. I. 2.
Memorial ID
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Albert Twohy, Son of Philip Patrick and Mary Ellen Twohy, of Alvaston, Derby. Albert was served with the RAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Lancaster W4311 101 Squadron crashed at Grubbenvorst, Limburg Holland.....

Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Günther Radusch of the Stab II./NJG 3 (detached to Stab I./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.

Target: Wuppertal, Germany
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. J.E.W. Lane 1390339 RAF Jonkerbos 11 I 4
Flight engineer Sgt. R.W. Ridgley 1320885 RAF Jonkerbos 11 H 8
Navigator Sgt. T.W. Connor 658849 RAF Jonkerbos 11 I 1
Bomb aimer Sgt. S.F. Barker 1338327 RAF Jonkerbos 11 I 3
Wo ag Sgt. S.E. Williams 1386325 RAF Runnymede Memorial 170
Air gunner Sgt. A. Twohy 702593 RAF Jonkerbos 11 I 2
Air gunner Sgt. N. Fotheringham 1560291 RAF Jonkerbos 11 I 5
Albert Twohy, Son of Philip Patrick and Mary Ellen Twohy, of Alvaston, Derby. Albert was served with the RAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Lancaster W4311 101 Squadron crashed at Grubbenvorst, Limburg Holland.....

Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Günther Radusch of the Stab II./NJG 3 (detached to Stab I./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.

Target: Wuppertal, Germany
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. J.E.W. Lane 1390339 RAF Jonkerbos 11 I 4
Flight engineer Sgt. R.W. Ridgley 1320885 RAF Jonkerbos 11 H 8
Navigator Sgt. T.W. Connor 658849 RAF Jonkerbos 11 I 1
Bomb aimer Sgt. S.F. Barker 1338327 RAF Jonkerbos 11 I 3
Wo ag Sgt. S.E. Williams 1386325 RAF Runnymede Memorial 170
Air gunner Sgt. A. Twohy 702593 RAF Jonkerbos 11 I 2
Air gunner Sgt. N. Fotheringham 1560291 RAF Jonkerbos 11 I 5

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GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS. HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. R.I.P.

Gravesite Details

702593


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