John Maguire, H.M.S. Goshawk, 1941

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  1. Rosina Hewitt

    Rosina Hewitt Junior Member

    Hi i am looking for some info of John Maguire.He was on the H.M,S. gOSHAWK IN 1941. rOSINA.
     
  2. Rosina Hewitt

    Rosina Hewitt Junior Member

    Hi i am looking for some info on John Maguire.He was on the H.M.S goshawk on 1941 Rosina.
     
  3. englandphil

    englandphil Very Senior Member

    Rosina, I think that HMS Goshawk was the Royal Navak Station at Port f Spain Trinidad. Did John McGuire survive the war?

    He may have served with the Fleet Air Arm
     
  4. englandphil

    englandphil Very Senior Member

    MAGUIRE, John, Air Mechanic (A) 2c, FAA/FX 79804, (Goshawk, O/P), MPK

    if this your man then he was lost on the Almeda Star, steamship

    SS ALMEDA STAR (January 17, 1941)
    The 14,935 ton Blue Star Line passenger liner (Captain H.C. Howard) was sunk by the U-96 (Kptlt. Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock) while en route from Liverpool to the River Platte. The attack occurred about 250 miles west of the Island of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. There were no survivors. A total of 166 crew and 194 passengers lost their lives. The U-96 was later bombed and sunk by US aircraft at Wilhelmshaven.

    Name: MAGUIRE, JOHN
    Initials: J
    Nationality: United Kingdom
    Rank: Air Mechanic 2nd Class
    Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
    Unit Text: H.M.S. Goshawk
    Age: 24
    Date of Death: 17/01/1941
    Service No: FAA/FX. 79804
    Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
    Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 2, Panel 5.
    Memorial: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL

    CWGC :: Casualty Details
     
  5. Rosina Hewitt

    Rosina Hewitt Junior Member

    My great uncle John Maguire died in 1941 while serving on H.M.S Goshawk can anyone give me any details of any incident that occured at that time. Rosina.
     
  6. spidge

    spidge RAAF RESEARCHER

    My great uncle John Maguire died in 1941 while serving on H.M.S Goshawk can anyone give me any details of any incident that occured at that time. Rosina.

    HMS Goshawk was a Shore Establishment, not a ship.

    Seems he was killed on the Steamship "Almeda Star" along with another 166 crew and 194 passengers on 17th January 1941 with no survivors after torpedoed by U-Boat U-96.

    Almeda Star

    See here and scroll down to 17th January 1941 losses. The were many doubles and a triple of the same surname. All of the dead crew is listed.

    Royal Navy casualties, killed and died, January 1941
    .

    There were two Maguires:

    MAGUIRE, Francis J, Air Mechanic (A) 2c, FAA/FX 77532, (Goshawk, O/P), MPK

    MAGUIRE, John, Air Mechanic (A) 2c, FAA/FX 79804, (Goshawk, O/P), MPK


    The sinking was discussed on this forum in 2004


    http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/war-sea/3675-almeda-star.html

    Cheers

    Geoff
     
  7. Rosina Hewitt

    Rosina Hewitt Junior Member

    englandphil ,Thank you so much for your information on John Maguire. Would you possibly know where i could obtain any photo,s once again thank you . Rosina
     
  8. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Rosina I moved your first post and the two dated 12/7 from another thread.
    It was done so that your query could have more attention.

    Please keep your posts about John Maguire here.
     

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