LI-STBY-0317

Record Date: 
23 January 2013
Graveyard: 
Stradbally
Exact wording of epitaph: 

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
L.D.C. AIRMAN
MICHAEL GOODBODY RNFAA
DIED AT GREENOCK 27th SEPTEMBER 1941
AGED _____ YEARS

Memorial Type: 
Tablet
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County: 
Limerick
Latitude: 
52.707938055556
Longitude: 
-8.5055513888889
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Condition of grave: 
Sound in place
Condition of inscription: 
Mainly decipherable
Introductory term: 
In loving memory of ......
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Michael
Surname: 
Goodbody
Date of death - day: 
27
Date of death - month: 
September
Date of death - year: 
1941
Notes: 

RNFAA: Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm
The Fleet Air Arm was formed in 1924 as organisational unit of the Royal Air Force which was then operating the aircraft embarked on RN ships – the Royal Naval Air Service having been merged with the British Army's Royal Flying Corps in 1918 – and did not come under the direct control of the Admiralty until mid-1939. During the Second World War, the Fleet Air Arm operated both aircraft on ships and land-based aircraft that defended the Royal Navy's shore establishments and facilities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm

Greenock, Scotland
The Greenock Blitz is the name given to two nights of intensive bombing of the town of Greenock, Scotland during the Second World War when the Nazi German Luftwaffe attacked in May 1941.

The raids targeted the many ships and shipyards around the town but like the Clydebank Blitz the previous March the brunt of the bombing was taken by civilians. Over the two nights 280 people were killed and over 1,200 injured. From a total of 18,000 homes nearly 10,000 suffered damage and 1,000 were destroyed outright.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenock_Blitz