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Pilot Officer John Ernest Lister
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Pilot Officer John Ernest Lister

Birth
Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Death
12 Feb 1942 (aged 24)
At Sea
Monument
Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England Add to Map
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Military Service

Service Number: J/4706

Enlisted: July 2, 1940 Hamilton, Ontario

Force: Air Force

Service: Royal Canadian Air Force

Group: Coastal Command

Squadron: No.407 (Demon) Sqdn. RCAF

Airfield: RAF Station North Coates, Lincolnshire, England

Aircraft: Lockheed Hudson Mk.V - AM598 / RR-P

Deceased Age: 24


Pilot Officer / Co-Pilot-Observer


Mission: 

John departed on an anti-shipping mission to attack the flotilla escorting the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau (Operation 'Fuller' – "The Channel Dash"). While engaging the flotilla, his aircraft was shot down by naval AAA fire and crashed into the sea. All five crew members were killed.


Fellow crew members;

RCAF Flight Lieutenant Lonsdale "Dale" Cowperthwaite - Pilot

RAFAAF Flight Sergeant Norman Jones - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner

RCAF Sergeant William Beverley Lenover - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner

RAFVR Sergeant Alan Forster Muris - Observer/Navigator


Honours/Citations:

1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Defence medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (CVSM) with silver maple leaf emblem clasp & War Medal 1939-1945 with Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) bronze oak leaf Insignia


Commemoration(s):

  • Page 90 Second World War Book of Remembrance, Memorial Chamber, Canadian Parliament Peace Tower, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
  • Honoured by having Lister Creek named after him. The location of Lister Creek is in Yukon, Canada (115H06- 61° 27' 10"- 137° 11' 57")


Next of Kin: Son of Private James Lister (deceased 1917) and Annie (nee Ridings) Lister of Hamilton, Ontario. 

Military Service

Service Number: J/4706

Enlisted: July 2, 1940 Hamilton, Ontario

Force: Air Force

Service: Royal Canadian Air Force

Group: Coastal Command

Squadron: No.407 (Demon) Sqdn. RCAF

Airfield: RAF Station North Coates, Lincolnshire, England

Aircraft: Lockheed Hudson Mk.V - AM598 / RR-P

Deceased Age: 24


Pilot Officer / Co-Pilot-Observer


Mission: 

John departed on an anti-shipping mission to attack the flotilla escorting the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau (Operation 'Fuller' – "The Channel Dash"). While engaging the flotilla, his aircraft was shot down by naval AAA fire and crashed into the sea. All five crew members were killed.


Fellow crew members;

RCAF Flight Lieutenant Lonsdale "Dale" Cowperthwaite - Pilot

RAFAAF Flight Sergeant Norman Jones - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner

RCAF Sergeant William Beverley Lenover - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner

RAFVR Sergeant Alan Forster Muris - Observer/Navigator


Honours/Citations:

1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Defence medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (CVSM) with silver maple leaf emblem clasp & War Medal 1939-1945 with Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) bronze oak leaf Insignia


Commemoration(s):

  • Page 90 Second World War Book of Remembrance, Memorial Chamber, Canadian Parliament Peace Tower, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
  • Honoured by having Lister Creek named after him. The location of Lister Creek is in Yukon, Canada (115H06- 61° 27' 10"- 137° 11' 57")


Next of Kin: Son of Private James Lister (deceased 1917) and Annie (nee Ridings) Lister of Hamilton, Ontario. 

Bio by: Alison

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Royal Canadian Air Force

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