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Son of Daniel and Agnes Dunnigan; husband of Elizabeth Mary Dunnigan, of Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Vincent James Dunnigan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Vincent James Dunnigan
Photo of Blacon Cemetery, Chester, England CWGC <P>
Sgt. (P) Dunnigan was on board Anson R9780 operating out of #2 Observers Advanced Flying Unit, RAF Millom near Haverigg, Cumberland. While on a training flight, it developed engine failure and crashed outside Whitehaven, Cumberland.
One other Canadian airman, Sgt. (N) Rene Harold Murphy was killed, and three members of the RAF.
Eyewitnesses said it "broke up in the air" and the main fuselage, engines and other wreckage came down on the hillside called 'The Brows' at Kells.
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Vincent James Dunnigan
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Vincent James Dunnigan
From the Toronto Star May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Vincent James Dunnigan
From the Toronto Star October 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Vincent James Dunnigan
From the Toronto Telegram 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Vincent James Dunnigan
From then Niagara Falls Evening Review. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Vincent James Dunnigan
From then Niagara Falls Evening Review. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Image gallery
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Photo of Blacon Cemetery, Chester, England CWGC <P> Sgt. (P) Dunnigan was on board Anson R9780 operating out of #2 Observers Advanced Flying Unit, RAF Millom near Haverigg, Cumberland. While on a training flight, it developed engine failure and crashed outside Whitehaven, Cumberland. One other Canadian airman, Sgt. (N) Rene Harold Murphy was killed, and three members of the RAF. Eyewitnesses said it "broke up in the air" and the main fuselage, engines and other wreckage came down on the hillside called 'The Brows' at Kells.
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star October 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From then Niagara Falls Evening Review. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From then Niagara Falls Evening Review. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 156 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CHESTER (BLACON) CEMETERY Cheshire, United Kingdom
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