Francis George Kinghan was the son of Samuel and Sarah Kinghan. He was born about 1917. Francis George Kinghan served with the Royal Air Force in World War Two. By June 1940, Sergeant Kinghan was a wireless operator with 254 Squadron. The Blenheim aircraft in which he was part of a three man crew was shot down off the coast of Norway nn 25th June 1940. There were no survivors. The CWGC record Sergeant (Wireless Operator) Francis George Kinghan as the son of Samuel and Sarah Kinghan of Toomebridge.
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Francis George Kinghan was the son of Samuel and Sarah Kinghan. He was born about 1917.
Francis George Kinghan served with the Royal Air Force in World War Two.
By June 1940, Sergeant Kinghan was a wireless operator with 254 Squadron.
On 25th June 1940, the three man crew of the Blenheim (Serial Number N3604) took off at 12:48 from RAF Sumburgh in the Shetland Islands. They were tasked with a ‘Stab’ operation - a patrol between Stavanger and Bergen attacking shipping and other targets of opportunity.
The aircraft was shot down at 14.25 whilst attacking a ship off Stavanger, and crashed into the sea at Østhusvik, Rennesøy, Rogaland, off Stavanger, Norway. There were no survivors. The crew were:
Sergeant David Ferguson Sharpe CAMPBELL (743031) Observer
Flight Sergeant Percival Gordon CORY (564105) Pilot
Sergeant Francis George KINGHAN (535306) Wireless Operator
Sergeant Francis George Kinghan is buried in Haugesund (Rossebo) Var Frelsers Cemetery in Norway. His inscription reads: O CRUCIFIED LORD JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL. MOTHER, BROTHERS AND SISTERS. R.I.P.
The CWGC record Sergeant (Wireless Operator) Francis George Kinghan as the son of Samuel and Sarah Kinghan of Toomebridge, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Sergeant David Ferguson Sharpe CAMPBELL (743031) Observer
