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Military service
Service number:
J/85091
Age:
22
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
115 Sqdn.
Birth:
April 18, 1921
County Antrim
Death:
January 29, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 251.
Additional information
Son of Hugh and Agnes King, of Hamilton, Ontario.
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Photo of John King
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Photo 2 of John King
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John King and his comrades
This picture was sent by Derek Roy Edmands' sister from Birmingham, England. The picture was taken by Edmands in August of 1943. There were seven crew listed missing on January 29th, but only six appear in the picture.<p> F/L Keith Harris of Knowle Park, Bristol, England; F/O John Horn of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; F/S Albert J. Chappel of Southorpe, England; F/O James Francis Harrigan of Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada; P/O <b>John King</b> (bottom left) of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Sgt. Thomas F McLean of Falkirk, Scotland; Sgt. Derek Roy Edmands of Smothwick, Staffs., England -
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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 -
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Pilot Officer John King is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Pilot Officer John King is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John King
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John King
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John King
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John King
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John King
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John King
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John King
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John King
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John King
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 352 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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