World War II Honoree

Joseph Patrick Gallagher

Hometown

Yonkers, New York

Honored By

A Grateful American

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLYING OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 29 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 138 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS ROOTES SECURITIES LTD. HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX B MK. V (LL419) WAS ATTACKED BY LUFTWAFFE NIGHT FIGHTERS AND CRASHED BETWEEN THOLEN AND LEPELSTRAAT IN THE NETHERLANDS DURING SPECIAL OPERATIONS ON JUNE 1, 1944. COMMEMORATED ON PANEL 246 AT THE AIR FORCES MEMORIAL AT RUNNYMEDE, ENGLEFIELD GREEN, SURREY, ENGLAND.