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| PERSONALIA |
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| Name: |
Nolan, Edward Patrick |
| Date of birth: | May 5th, 1915 (Kilgulbin, Ireland)
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| Date of death: |
February 6th, 1998
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Irish |
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BIOGRAPHY:
Servicenumber 581470/48748.
E.P. Nolan was born at Kilgulbin, Ardfert, Co. Kerry, Ireland on May 5th, 1915.
He was a navigator on the first airborne mission of the Second World War, known as operation Collossus. He flew more than 30 bombing missions over Europe as a navigator and observer in Whitney and Fairey Battle aircraft. He was later sent by the RAF as a Flight Lieutenant instructor to Train Canadian airmen at Mount Hope Airforce base in Hamilton, Ontario.
After the war, he settled in Hamilton Ontario and had a distinguished career as a Chartered Accountant. He married Kathleen Hunt McManus, the widow of RCAF Pilot Officer Walter McManus who had died as a result of a Spitfire crash while on duty with the RAF 504 Squadron in Northern Ireland on January 7th, 1942 at Roughlan near Lurgan.
Edward P Nolan and Kathleen Hunt McManus Nolan had 3 children: John Hunt Nolan, born April 25 1945, Dermot P. Nolan born August 13 1947 ( both Hamilton lawyers) and Mary Kathleen Nolan born August 15 1952, a journalist with the Hamilton Spectator.
Edward P Nolan died on February 6, 1998. Kathleen Nolan died on January 17, 2007.
Promotions:
?: Sergeant;
?: Teporary Warrant Officer;
9th December 1941: Pilot Officer on probation (emergency);
1st October 1942: Flying Officer on probation (war
subs.);
?: Flying Officer;
9th December 1943: flight Lieutenant (war subs.);
Career:
18th February 1946: Commission resigned as Fligth Lieutenant.
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DISTINGUISHED FLYING MEDAL (DFM)
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Sergeant
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No. 78 Squadron
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Awarded on:
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August 22nd, 1941
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Action:
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Received for gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations.
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Details:
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Pilot Officer Edward P. Nolan was presented with the Distinguished Flying Medal by King George VI on June 26th, 1945 at Buckingam Palace.
The London Gazette dated August 22nd, 1941.
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| Picture source: |
- Dermot Nolan
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| Information source(s): |
- The London Gazette of 22nd August 1941, Issue 35254
- The London Gazette of 2nd June 1942, Issue 35580
- Third Supplement to The London Gazette of 10th November 1942, Issue 35784, dated 13th November 1942
- Third Supplement to The London Gazette of 7th December 1943, Issue 36280, dated 10 december 1943
- Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 15th November 1946, Issue 37791, dated 19th November 1946
- Family records and decorations
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