Sergeant Connelly 149 Squadron 1942
Name: CONNELLY, HARRY IAN FORSYTH
Rank: .......................Sergeant (Air Gnr.)
Service: ...................Royal New Zealand Air Force
Unit Text: ................149 (R.A.F.)
Sqdn. Age: .............23
Date of Death: .......10/10/1942
Service No: .............412887
Additional information: Son of Harry Forsyth Connelly and Doris Connelly, of Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand.
Gravel Reference: .Row C. Grave 64.
Cemetery: ................WATTON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2764532
Stirling BF348 Information
Type..........................Stirling
Serial Number.........BF348
Squadron..................149
X1D.............................OJ-P
Operation.................Gardening
Date 1.........................10th October 1942
Date 2........................11th October 1942
Further Information
Delivered to No.149 Sqdn 28Aug42.
Airborne 1852 10Oct42 from Lakenheath to lay mines off the mouth of the Gironde. Shortly after becoming airborne, a serious technical problem developed and the pilot tried to land at Watton. In the attempt the Stirling hit some trees and crashed 2015 at Great Cressingham, 5 miles SSE of Swaffham, Norfolk.
F/S H.J.Hart KIA
Sgt A.W.Corker KIA
Sgt L.J.Warren RNZAF KIA
Sgt H.C.Whitwell RNZAF KIA
Sgt K.G.McKenzie KIA
Sgt H.R.Batrick Inj
Sgt H.I.F.Connelly RNZAF KIA "
www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=6102
Connelly, McKenzie, Warren and Whitwell are all buried at St Mary.
Henry John Hart,..,,Pilot……aged 21.…..buried Dorchester
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2709188
Alfred Willie Corker….Flight Engineer….aged 21.….buried Sowerby Bridge
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2414013
www.oldhaltonians.co.uk/pages/rememb/ROH/34.htm
New Zealand Virtual Cenotaph entry
muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/22389.detail?O...
Sergeant Connelly 149 Squadron 1942
Name: CONNELLY, HARRY IAN FORSYTH
Rank: .......................Sergeant (Air Gnr.)
Service: ...................Royal New Zealand Air Force
Unit Text: ................149 (R.A.F.)
Sqdn. Age: .............23
Date of Death: .......10/10/1942
Service No: .............412887
Additional information: Son of Harry Forsyth Connelly and Doris Connelly, of Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand.
Gravel Reference: .Row C. Grave 64.
Cemetery: ................WATTON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2764532
Stirling BF348 Information
Type..........................Stirling
Serial Number.........BF348
Squadron..................149
X1D.............................OJ-P
Operation.................Gardening
Date 1.........................10th October 1942
Date 2........................11th October 1942
Further Information
Delivered to No.149 Sqdn 28Aug42.
Airborne 1852 10Oct42 from Lakenheath to lay mines off the mouth of the Gironde. Shortly after becoming airborne, a serious technical problem developed and the pilot tried to land at Watton. In the attempt the Stirling hit some trees and crashed 2015 at Great Cressingham, 5 miles SSE of Swaffham, Norfolk.
F/S H.J.Hart KIA
Sgt A.W.Corker KIA
Sgt L.J.Warren RNZAF KIA
Sgt H.C.Whitwell RNZAF KIA
Sgt K.G.McKenzie KIA
Sgt H.R.Batrick Inj
Sgt H.I.F.Connelly RNZAF KIA "
www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=6102
Connelly, McKenzie, Warren and Whitwell are all buried at St Mary.
Henry John Hart,..,,Pilot……aged 21.…..buried Dorchester
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2709188
Alfred Willie Corker….Flight Engineer….aged 21.….buried Sowerby Bridge
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2414013
www.oldhaltonians.co.uk/pages/rememb/ROH/34.htm
New Zealand Virtual Cenotaph entry
muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/22389.detail?O...