Aidan MacCarthy

Aidan MacCarthy

Birth nameJoseph Aidan MacCarthy
Born(1913-03-19)19 March 1913
Castletownbere, County Cork, Ireland
Died11 October 1995(1995-10-11) (aged 82)
Northwood, London, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Air Force
Years of service1939-1971
RankAir Commodore
Service number23425
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
George Medal
Alma materUniversity College Cork
Spouse(s)
Kathleen Wall
(m. 1948)
Children2
Other workDoctor

Air Commodore Joseph Aidan MacCarthy, OBE GM KSS (19 March 1913 – 11 October 1995) was an Irish medical doctor of the Royal Air Force and a prisoner of war to the Japanese during the Second World War. He survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945.


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