IRELAND

World War II

NAME                                   CONFIRMED        PROBABLE        DAMAGE    AIRFORCE

Finucane, Brendan Éamon FitzPatrick    32 [26+6]        9 [8+1]         8         RAF,RCAF  
Hughes, Frederick Desmond              19 [18+1]        1               1         RAF
Kilmartin, John Ignatius               12 [10+2]        0               1         RAF       +2 unconfirmed
MacKenzie, Kenneth William             13 [10+3]        0               3 [2+1]   RAF
Turkington, Robert Wilkinson           12 [9+3]         1               4         RAF
Beamish, Francis Victor                10 [9+1]        12 [11+1]        5         RAF
Meagher, Patrick Edward                10               2               1         RAF
Meaker, James Reginald Bryan            8 [6+2]         1 [0+1]         3         RAF
Smythe, Rupert Frederick                6               0               1         RAF       +2 unconfirmed
Bruen, John Martin                      9 [4+5]         0               3 [2+1]   FAA
Miller, Charles Michael                 4               0               0         RAF       +2 ground
Considine, Brian Bertram                3 [1+2]         2 [1+1]         0         RAF
Harkness, Hill                          1 [0+1]         1               0         RAF
McConnell, William Winder               1 [0+1]         0               0         RAF
Hemingway, John Allman                  0               0               2         RAF

Brendan Éamon FitzPatrick Finucane


Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb, BM308, BF, Wing Commander Brendan Finucane, RAF Hornchurch, July 1942.

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