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Son of Gordon and Joan K. McCallum, of Palmerston, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Albert Robert McCallum
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Flight Lieutenant Albert Robert McCallum
McCallum, Robert Albert - Flight Lieutenant. Born 29th January, 1919, at Parry Sound, Ont., Educated at Sarnia and Parry Sound. Entered the service of the Bank 22nd December, 1937. Served at Parry Sound, Seaforth and Dublin, Ont. Enlisted 14th November, 1940, from Dublin in R.C.A.F. Pilot Officer 1st September, 1941; Flying Officer in November, 1942; Flight Lieutenant in December, 1942. Trained at Uplands, Ont., Victoriaville, Que., Malton and Brantford, Ont., Charlottetown, P.E.I., and Debert, N.S. One of first group of Canadians to ferry Hudson aircraft to England. Trained in summer of 1942 at Loch Erne, Northern Ireland, on Catalina flying boats. Returned to Canada and temporarily attached to Ferry Command. Again overseas and served with crew of Sunderland aircraft in Wales. Reported 15th December, 1942 missing after air operations over Bay of Biscay. Officially presumed dead October, 1943. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i>
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Albert Robert McCallum
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Albert Robert McCallum
From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Albert Robert McCallum
From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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McCallum, Robert Albert - Flight Lieutenant. Born 29th January, 1919, at Parry Sound, Ont., Educated at Sarnia and Parry Sound. Entered the service of the Bank 22nd December, 1937. Served at Parry Sound, Seaforth and Dublin, Ont. Enlisted 14th November, 1940, from Dublin in R.C.A.F. Pilot Officer 1st September, 1941; Flying Officer in November, 1942; Flight Lieutenant in December, 1942. Trained at Uplands, Ont., Victoriaville, Que., Malton and Brantford, Ont., Charlottetown, P.E.I., and Debert, N.S. One of first group of Canadians to ferry Hudson aircraft to England. Trained in summer of 1942 at Loch Erne, Northern Ireland, on Catalina flying boats. Returned to Canada and temporarily attached to Ferry Command. Again overseas and served with crew of Sunderland aircraft in Wales. Reported 15th December, 1942 missing after air operations over Bay of Biscay. Officially presumed dead October, 1943. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i>
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Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 95 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
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