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The other Boston aircraft had the serial number AL284. It too was from 107 Squadron. |
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Hugh McManus was the only child of Patrick and Elizabeth McManus. He was born about 1920. |
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Hugh attended the Christian Brothers School in Monaghan. |
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He joined the Royal Air Force after he left school. On the outbreak of war, he volunteered for active service. |
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Sergeant Hugh McManus served with 107 Squadron as part of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. |
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One of the Boston aircraft in the squadron was hit by anti-aircraft fire off the Le Havre coast and proceeded to collide with another Boston and both went down. Reports suggest that both planes may have disintegrated in the air. The four crew were: |
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At the time of his death, his parents were living in Queen Street, Magherafelt. |
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Sergeant Hugh McManus has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 89 of the Runnymede Memorial. |
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The CWGC record Sergeant Hugh McManus as the son of Patrick and Elizabeth McManus of Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. |
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Sergeant John BELL (1123836) |
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Sergeant Alan Frank GOFF (1176030) |
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Sergeant Hugh McMANUS (1123740) |
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Sergeant Howard Yorke TORR (1379180) |
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On Tuesday 10th November 1942, at 13:20, Sergeant Hugh McManus was part of the four man crew of a Boston aircraft (Serial number Z2164) which took off for a mission to Le Havre in France from RAF Great Massingham in Norfolk. |
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Sergeant Pilot Hugh McManus, Royal Air Force, is officially reported after being in action over France. He is the only child and son of Mr and Mrs Patrick McManus of Queen Street, Magherafelt. Only 22 years of age, he has been in the R.A.F. since he left the Christian Brothers School in Monaghan, to be a wireless operator. On the outbreak of war, he volunteered for active service. Mrs Cousley, of the Medical Hall, is making active enquiries through the medium of the Red Cross, to get some news for his anxious parents. |
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From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 5th December 1942: Reported Missing |
