MUNACHEN, James

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Known as: 
surname also seen spelt as Monaghan or Monaghen
Rank: 
Corporal
Unit / Base: 
7 Commando
'Special Air Service'
Regiment/Corps: 
Highland Light Infantry
Service: 
Army
Number: 
3318575
P.O.W. number: 
90059
P.O.W. camps: 
Stalag Luft 7, Bankau, Germany
Stalag 383, Hohenfels Germany
Born: 
Sunday, August 4, 1912
Birthplace: 
Glasgow

Corporal James Munachen served in No.11 Commando before joining 'L' Detachment Special Air Service. He was reported missing 16 November 1941 during Operation Squatter, the first parachute raid carried out by the SAS on the enemy fighter bases at Gazala and Timimi, Libya. Later found to be a prisoner of war.

Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/36.
Prisoners of War Lists / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British POW's / National Archives file WO416/265/393.
'Special Forces Brothers in Arms: Eoin and Ambrose McGonigal, War in the SAS and SBS', author Patrick McGonigal.
 
Archive pages : 
No 7 Commando
Layforce
Special Air Service
Prisoners of War

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Wed, 2021-06-02 12:57

Alan Orton adds "On the WO 417 file he is recorded as 7 Commando but actually he was L Detachment SAS and took part on Operation Squatter. Within L Detachment he was with 2 Troop, 3 Section, I Group and was part of Lt. Boningtons No.4 Flight."

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