Service Details
Name:
 COUGHLAN
Given Name:
 JAMES JOSEPH
Initials:
 J J
Service No:
 130844V
Rank:
 Warrant Officer Class I
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 24 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-09-21
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Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, ran out of fuel while lost on return, ditched 15 miles off Agusta, Sicily, in Douglas Mk III Boston #AL731
Additional
Information:
Son of James and Bridget Coughlan, of Castlerea, Co. Roscommon, Irish Republic.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 278.

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