DUFFY Kieran James

Born 2nd June 1966.

Kieran Duffy is recorded on a separate plaque on Hagley War Memorial along with 3 other war casualties. The plaque was added to Hagley War Memorial in 2010 and was reported on in the Express and Star, Thursday 10th November 2010. The following information on Kieran Duffy is provided:
Kieran Duffy, whose parents kept the Lyttelton Arms pub in Hagley, died aged 24 in the Gulf War in 1991 and is buried at St John the Baptist Church [Hagley].

13 January 1991 (Sunday)
RAF GR-1Tornado, ZD718, No. 14 Squadron crashes in the Saudi desert on a training mission

Pilot: Flt. Lt. Kieran Duffy (KIA)
B/N: Flt. LT. Norman Dent (KIA)

Aircraft was part of a four ship that planned a long-range sortie that included low-level work down to 100 ft above ground level. The aircraft were configured with large tanks and outboard stores. Number three aircraft aborted so the formation was using the missing man formation. The weather during the low level mission was excellent, sun high at 8 o’clock. Towards the end of the low level leg, with No. 4 aircraft flying forty seconds behind the lead pair, the No. 2 aircraft looked back and saw smoke. Upon going back, a trail of wreckage was found.

The grave photograph available shows Kieran Duffy’s name on the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, England.