LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Patrick Francis O’LOGHLEN
Service No: 412664
Born: Bathurst NSW, 1 March 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 20 July 1941
Unit: No. 142 Squadron (RAF), Kairouan
Died: Air Operations: (No. 142 Squadron Wellington aircraft), Central Mediterranean, 7 August 1943, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. O’Loghlen, of Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 12, Column 1, Malta Memorial, Malta
Remembered: Panel 128, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 0030 hours on 7 August 1943 a Wellington aircraft of No. 142 Squadron took off from Kairouan to attack Messina Beaches. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it did not return to base. It was concluded in 1948 that the missing crew members had lost their lives at sea.
The Wellington aircraft crew members were:
Sergeant William Kenneth Elderson (1067545) (RAFVR) (Wireless Telegraphist/Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Walter William Marsh (1319198) (RAFVR) (Bomb Aimer)
Flight Sergeant Patrick Francis O’Loghlen (412664) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Peter John Playfair (138476) (RAFVR) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Squadron Leader Alan Edward Thompson (39048) (RAF) (Pilot)
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, 166/31/92