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Military service
Service number:
R/144134
Age:
21
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class I
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
53 Sqdn. (R.A.F.)
Birth:
October 1, 1923
Montréal, Québec
Enlistment:
November 21, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
November 18, 1944
Gardskagi, Iceland
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 253.
Additional information
Son of Clifford William Chamberlin and Alda Graham Gardner, of Toronto, Ontario.
Brother of Sergeant Gordon Graham Chamberlin who served with the Royal Canadian Air Force and survived the conflict.
He served in Canada, the Bahamas, Great Britain and Iceland.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Atlantic Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class I John Gardner Chamberlin
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Photo of John Gardner Chamberlin
R144134 Warrant Officer John G. Chamberlin born 01-10-23 Former student of Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute (Toronto) -
Document
School registration card for WO I John Chamberlin written in his own hand when he entered Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute in 1938. -
Letter (page 1)
Crash report from the Dutch organization Bomber Command Search (Christel & Ger Boogmans). Information taken from British and German sources. -
Letter (page 2)
Crash report from the Dutch organization Bomber Command Search (Christel & Ger Boogmans). Information taken from British and German sources. -
Photo of John Gardner Chamberlin
Chamberlin's initial ID photo taken when he joined the RCAF. Source: Whitehouse via Library/Archives Canada -
Photo 2 of John Gardner Chamberlin
Chamberlin's photo taken when he received his Wireless Operator/Air Gunner(WAG) Badge and sergeant's rank. Source: Whitehouse via Library/Archives Canada -
Letter
Accident Letter lisiting the crew and giving the details known at the time. Source: Whitehouse via Library/Archives Canada -
Letter
A letter from the CO of the Squadron o the parents of Chamberlin detailing the circumstances of the accident and what evidence there was of the crash. It was November and the aircraft took off in darkness to do a radar search for U-boats. It carried a Leigh light (very high intensity searchlight for illuminating surfaced submarines visually after they were located with radar. he aircraft would then attack with guns and depth charges. It was a very successful method of countering U-boats at night.<P> Source: Library and Archives Canada via R. Whitehouse -
Letter
Lost Aircraft message to the Air Ministry in London reporting the loss of an anti-submarine B24 Liberator from 53 (RAF) Sqdn. The aircraft was stationed in Iceland and was lost just south of Reykjavik. WO Chamberlin was a former student of Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Ontario. The school lost 40 students during WW II.<P> Source: Library and Archives Canada and LPCI School Archives via R. Whitehouse -
Letter
This is page 1 of a letter sent to the RCAF by Chamberlin's father one week after the accident. It is obvious from the tone of the letter that the parents are still very upset.<P> Source: Library & Archives Canada RG 24 Vol 25032 via R. Whitehouse -
Letter
This is page 2 of a father's letter.<P> Source: Library & Archives Canada RG 24 Vol 25032 via R. Whitehouse -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From theToronto Star December 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From theToronto Star December 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I John Gardner Chamberlin
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I John Gardner Chamberlin
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I John Gardner Chamberlin
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I John Gardner Chamberlin
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I John Gardner Chamberlin
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I John Gardner Chamberlin
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I John Gardner Chamberlin
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I John Gardner Chamberlin
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I John Gardner Chamberlin
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Commemorated on:
Page 270 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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