Name:
John Hehir
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Serial Number:
J/19730
Unit:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Death:
1943-04-10
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Florennes Communal Cemetery, Florennes, Arrondissement de Philippeville, Namur, Belgium
Plot:
Row:
2
Grave:
Coll. grave 17-20.
Decoration:
Comments:
John Hehir was born in New York. He was the son of Matthew J. and Bridie Hehir, of Buffalo, New York.
John served in the #426 Thunderbird Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Pilot Officer during World War II. He was Killed in Action on April 10, 1943, when his Wellington X HE652 aircraft, which took off at 23h12 from RAF Dishforth, England, was shot down by a night fighter (Hptm Wilhelm Herget 1).