Aidan MacCarthy

Not to be confused with Aidan McCarthy.
Aidan MacCarthy

OBE GM KSS
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, UK
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Service years1939–1971
RankAir Commodore
Service number23425
ConflictsWorld War II
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
George Medal
Alma materClongowes Wood College University College Cork
Spouse
Kathleen Wall
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(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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