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John Patrick Kavanagh

In memory of:

Pilot Officer John Patrick Kavanagh

March 10, 1943
Near Filskov, Denmark

Military Service


Service Number:

J/17135

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

166 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Born:

January 21, 1922
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

April 17, 1941
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Son of Patrick and Jessie Kavanagh of Lake Lenore, Saskatchewan.

Commemorated on Page 176 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

Alll. 7. 5.

Location:

Esbjerg is a port in south-western Jutland. ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY is about 3 kilometres to the north of the town, off the road to Hjerting, along the Gravlundvej.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer John Patrick Kavanagh is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer John Patrick Kavanagh is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– On 5 May 2008 Filskov local archive inaugurated a memorial for the airmen of Wellington III BK368.
  • Photo of John Patrick Kavanagh– Photo Courtesy of A. Gordon Jones, fellow student of John Kavanagh.  Gordon always knew him as Jack as they went through their pilot training together.
  • Photo of John Patrick Kavanagh– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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