Military Service
Service Number: R/141776
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 426 Sqdn.
Sergeant / Air Gunner.
John was a gunner on Wellington bomber BJ762 that, on a mission to Bochum, Germany, was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed SE of the village Sondel, Netherlands, killing 3 of the 5 crew (information provided by Peter Hakze, Find A Grave ID 47703868).
John is also remembered on a family marker at Mansonville Protestant Cemetery in Mansonville, Quebec.
Service Number: R/141776
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 426 Sqdn.
Sergeant / Air Gunner.
John was a gunner on Wellington bomber BJ762 that, on a mission to Bochum, Germany, was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed SE of the village Sondel, Netherlands, killing 3 of the 5 crew (information provided by Peter Hakze, Find A Grave ID 47703868).
John is also remembered on a family marker at Mansonville Protestant Cemetery in Mansonville, Quebec.
Military Service
Service Number: R/141776
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 426 Sqdn.
Sergeant / Air Gunner.
John was a gunner on Wellington bomber BJ762 that, on a mission to Bochum, Germany, was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed SE of the village Sondel, Netherlands, killing 3 of the 5 crew (information provided by Peter Hakze, Find A Grave ID 47703868).
John is also remembered on a family marker at Mansonville Protestant Cemetery in Mansonville, Quebec.
Service Number: R/141776
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 426 Sqdn.
Sergeant / Air Gunner.
John was a gunner on Wellington bomber BJ762 that, on a mission to Bochum, Germany, was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed SE of the village Sondel, Netherlands, killing 3 of the 5 crew (information provided by Peter Hakze, Find A Grave ID 47703868).
John is also remembered on a family marker at Mansonville Protestant Cemetery in Mansonville, Quebec.
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