Fighter pilot's war heroics honoured with special rose

An Irish fighter pilot who shot down 32 planes in the Second World War was officially honoured today for the first time in his own country.

Fighter pilot's war heroics honoured with special rose
Fri, 05 Nov, 2004 - 15:17

An Irish fighter pilot who shot down 32 planes in the Second World War was officially honoured today for the first time here.

Brendan Finucane from Rathmines in Dublin was the highest scoring pilot in the Royal Air Force (RAF) when he died at the age of 21 in 1942.

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CourtsHeathrowPlace: RathminesPlace: DublinPlace: Baldonnell AerodromePlace: BaldonnellPlace: Synge StreetPlace: EnglandPlace: FrancePlace: English ChannelPlace: Westminster CathedralPlace: RAF MuseumPlace: Hendon,Place: IrelandPerson: Brendan FinucanePerson: Brigadier GeneralPerson: Ralph JamesPerson: FinucanePerson: Micheal O’HehirPerson: Maurice ByrnePerson: RayEvent: Second World WarEvent: Battle of BritainOrganisation: Royal Air ForceOrganisation: RAFOrganisation: RAF AssociationOrganisation: Irish Air CorpsOrganisation: Air CorpsOrganisation: O’Connell’s National School
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