F/L Tighe
piloted Wellington X HE432, coded NA-C on
this mission. The rest of his crew consisted
of:
F/O Howard
Irwin
F/S Kenneth Rosevear
F/S William Heslip
F/S Lawrence Ryan
F/L Robert
Tighe and crew. F/L Tighe is on the right.
F/S Rosevear is in the middle. F/O Howard
Irwin on the left,
F/S William Heslip and
F/S Lawrence Ryan. (Picture courtesy of
Rosevear Family)
F/L Tighe and
his crew failed to return. It is not known
how their Wellington was lost. The body of
F/L Tighe washed ashore on the Dutch coast
and was buried in Wierum. F/S Lawrence
Ryan's body washed ashore on the German
coast and is today buried at Sage War
Cemetery. The others are still missing and
are commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial.
F/S Heslip
was posthumously promoted to the rank of
Pilot Officer.
F/L Robert
Tighe is buried at Wierum Protestant Cemetery.
(picture by
Wim Bastiaanse)