Date of birth:

September 25th, 1923 (Eltham/London, England)

Date of death:

January 8th, 1943 (Vorden/Gelderland, the Netherlands)

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Graves Vorden
Grave: 8.

Service number:

1393089

Nationality:

British

Sergeant. No. 9 Squadron RAF, air gunner. Son of Patrick Michael Brogan and Florence M. Brogan (née Kilpatrick) of Elibank Road Shooters Hill Greenwich London.

Killed when his Lancaster W4159 was hit by a German night fighter during a mission to Duisburg and crashed near the Hackfort in Vorden. The entire crew was killed and is buried in the General Cemetery in Vorden.

There is a monument at the crash site. In 2022, Omkijkpunt published the book “De 20 geallieerde gezichten van Vorden” (The 20 Allied Faces of Vorden). This book tells the stories of the 20 Allied soldiers buried in Vorden, including that of Patrick Brogan.

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• Photo 1: Omkijkpunt
• Photo 2: Jan de Jager
• - FREERK BOEKELO & ROBERT ELLENKAMP, De 20 Geallieerde Gezichten van Vorden, Omkijkpunt, 2022.
  - Sergeant Patrick George Brogan | War Casualty Details 2648313 | CWGC
  - https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/102735/

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