MCCOY, Louis Joseph Patrick
| Service Number: | 418722 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 June 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Aircraftman 2 (WW2) |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | East Malvern Victoria Australia , 7 August 1923 |
| Home Town: | Balaclava, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | St. Patricks College Sale Victoria Australia 1937-40 |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Shot down by night-fighter, near Valkenswaard Netherlands , 22 June 1944, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, Netherlands KK. Coll. Grave 85-88 Local Roll of Honour- St. Kilda Victoria Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cann River War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 17 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 418722 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graham Padget
Louis Joseph Patrick McCoy was the son of Archer Patrick and Cecilia Gertrude McCoy, of Balaclava, Victoria, Australia.
At 2257 hours on 22 June 1944 Lancaster LM592 took off from RAF Dunholme Lodge to bomb Wesseling, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it failed to return to base. It was later established that the aircraft was intercepted by a night fighter over Holland when outbound and crashed between Riethoven in Noord-Brabant and the nearby town of Valkenswaard. All the crew members were killed.
(extract courtesy of https://aviationmuseumwa.org.au/afcraaf-roll/mccoy-louis-joseph-418722/)
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