LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Vincent John GALLOGLY
Service No: 404964
Born: Toowoomba QLD, 7 December 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 5 January 1941
Unit: No. 103 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Elsham Wolds
Died: Air Operations: (No. 103 Squadron Wellington aircraft DV818), off the Dutch Coast, 23 June 1942, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Daniel and Mary Gallogly, of Albion, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 111, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
Remembered: Panel 122, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Wellington DV818 took-off from Station Elsham Wolds at 2308 hours on the night of 22 June 1942 to bomb Essen, Germany. The aircraft did not return to base from this mission. Following post war enquiries and investigations, it was discovered that the aircraft came down in the sea off the coast of the Netherlands. Five crew members had been killed and one had become a Prisoner of War.
The crew members of DV818 were:
Sergeant F E Barnett (1180201) (RAFVR) PoW
Pilot Officer Arthur Cyril Reid Downward (105178) (RAFVR)
Flight Sergeant Henry Gordon Edwards (648197) (RAFVR)
Flight Sergeant Vincent John Gallogly (404964) (Second Pilot)
Wing Commander Oliver Godfrey DFC (33251) (RAF) (Pilot)
Sergeant James Wallace Porteous (1109090) (RAFVR)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 404964
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line
Bibliography:
Charlwood, D.E.C. (Donald Ernest Cameron) (408794) No Moon Tonight (Angus and Robertson 1956), Penguin Ringwood VIC, 3134, 1991