LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant George Francis GERAGHTY
Service No: 434248
Born: Dalby QLD, 22 August 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 November 1942
Unit: No. 101 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Ludford Magna
Died: Air Operations: (No. 101 Squadron Lancaster aircraft LL758), Belgium, 5 October 1944, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Hotton War Cemetery, Hotton, Luxembourg, Belgium
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Joseph and Beatrice Josephine Geraghty, of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 122, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Lancaster LL758 took off from RAF Ludford Magna at 1706 hours on the night of 5/6 October 1944, detailed to carry out ABC (Air Borne Cigar – electronic jamming) duties at Saarbrucken, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft crashed near Trembleur (Liege), 8 kms east north east of Herstal and 20kms north west
of Charleville, France and all the crew members were killed.
The crew members of LL758 were:
Sergeant Jack Boutle (1300901) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Graeme Gordon Clark (1851602) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner)
Sergeant Frederick Stephen Crowther (1819387) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Flight Sergeant George Francis Geraghty (434248) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer William Emil Miroslav Kon (J/43768) (RCAF) (Navigator Bomb Aimer) (Specialist Equipment Operator)
Pilot Officer Archibald Mason (177529) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Lionel Kenneth Robson (434999) (Navigator)
Flight Sergeant Walter Mervyn Thomas (1356860) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
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 A705, 166/15/329