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Son of Thomas and Margaret Stevenson, of Wawanesa, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II George Edward Stevenson
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II George Edward Stevenson
Photo courtesy of www.flensted.eu.com
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II George Edward Stevenson
Photo courtesy of www.flensted.eu.com
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II George Edward Stevenson
Shortly after the crash a cross was erected on the crash site by Forrester Madsen and on 5/5 1946 a memorial stone was inaugurated on the same spot.
courtesy www.flensted.eu.com
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II George Edward Stevenson
Photos and excerpt of story used with permission courtesy
Air War Over Denmark www.flensted.eu.com<P>
Halifax V LK705 from 431 (RCAF) Sqn took off at 20:27 from Croft on
a Gardening (Mining) operation in the Baltic Sea. It was attacked by a
German night fighter while flying at 5000 metres altitude and crashed at
23.43 hours in the Klelund plantation killing the crew of seven.
They were laid to rest in two graves in Fovrfelt cemetery in Esbjerg on 3/3 1944.
They were:
F/S (P) Edward C. Howey RCAF
F/S (N) George E. Stevenson RCAF
F/S (AG) Alexander M. Munro RCAF
Sgt (AG) Leo T. Wardell RCAF
Sgt. (AB) Alexander D. MacGillivray RAF
Sgt (W/Op) Raymond L. Bates RAF
Sgt. (FE). Edward R. Metcalf, RAF
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II George Edward Stevenson
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II George Edward Stevenson
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II George Edward Stevenson
Warrant Officer Class II George Edward Stevenson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II George Edward Stevenson
Warrant Officer Class II George Edward Stevenson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II George Edward Stevenson
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II George Edward Stevenson
From the Winnipeg Free Press 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Photo courtesy of www.flensted.eu.com
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Photo courtesy of www.flensted.eu.com
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Shortly after the crash a cross was erected on the crash site by Forrester Madsen and on 5/5 1946 a memorial stone was inaugurated on the same spot. courtesy www.flensted.eu.com
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Photos and excerpt of story used with permission courtesy Air War Over Denmark www.flensted.eu.com<P> Halifax V LK705 from 431 (RCAF) Sqn took off at 20:27 from Croft on a Gardening (Mining) operation in the Baltic Sea. It was attacked by a German night fighter while flying at 5000 metres altitude and crashed at 23.43 hours in the Klelund plantation killing the crew of seven. They were laid to rest in two graves in Fovrfelt cemetery in Esbjerg on 3/3 1944. They were: F/S (P) Edward C. Howey RCAF F/S (N) George E. Stevenson RCAF F/S (AG) Alexander M. Munro RCAF Sgt (AG) Leo T. Wardell RCAF Sgt. (AB) Alexander D. MacGillivray RAF Sgt (W/Op) Raymond L. Bates RAF Sgt. (FE). Edward R. Metcalf, RAF
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Warrant Officer Class II George Edward Stevenson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Warrant Officer Class II George Edward Stevenson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the Winnipeg Free Press 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 452 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY Denmark
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.
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