153 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (British Air Force)
Date Of Birth:
24/10/1917
Died:
05/04/1945 (Killed in Action)
Age:
27
Summary
John Bracken Coffey was the second son of John and Martha ‘Lily’ Coffey. He was born on 24th October 1917 in Belfast. John Bracken Coffey served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in World War Two. Flight Sergeant John Coffey was serving with 153 Squadron, when his Lancaster bomber (Serial No. NX-563) was engaged in a mine laying operation in the Kattegat region, between Denmark and Sweden on 6th April 1945. It was shot down by a night fighter. All seven of the crew were lost without trace
