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The Irish Adventure of Richard Kukura and Tommy Hulme and the fate of their Beaufighter JL710

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WW2 Nominal Roll - Certificate for Richard Kukura

		Flight Lieutenant RICHARD KUKURA 415155 Service Royal Australian Air Force Date of Birth 14 May 1917 Place of Birth BOULDER CITY, WA Date of Enlistment 21 July 1941 Place of Enlistment PERTH, WA Next of Kin KUKURA, OLGA Date of Discharge 1 July 1947 Posting at Discharge HQME

These details can be found at www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran_certificate.asp?VeteranID=1053674

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Map of the area
Moherreagh: 1, Corlough: 2, Templeport : 3

1 Mohereagh where Richard landed. 2 Corlough where Tommy landed. 3 St Mogue’s Island, Templeport where JL 710 finally came to rest. 4 Owengalles where the compass fell.

This map is from the Ordnance Survey Ireland 1:50 000 Discovery Series No: 27A and should be available at all good book shops or from their website at www.irlgov.ie/osi

A slightly larger version of this map may be downloaded here.

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