Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of William John and Agnes Jane Kirkpatrick, of Red Deer, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick
Submitted for Harry Denison, the only survivor of the Halifax bomber NP799 that crashed on March 5th 1945. Pictured from L to R are Jack (John) Kirkpatrick., Roald Gunderson, Harry Denison, Jack (John) Larson, Bud (Roy) Stillinger, and Bob (Robert) Fennel.
Submitted by Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick
Photo from The Red Deer Advocate 14 Mar 1945
From //lostbombers.co.uk:
NP799 was one of four No.426 Sqdn Halifaxes lost on operation to Chemnitz. It was airborne at 1645 on 5 Mar 45 from Linton-on-Ouse and shot down by a night-fighter. Crash-site not established. RAF Sgt. I. Giles has no known grave and his name is engraved on the Runnymede Memorial. The six Canadian airman are buried in the Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery. They are: F/L J. G. Kirkpatrick; F/O R. E. Fennell; F/O R. E. Stillinger; WO1 J. A. Larson; F/S R.B.Gunderson. The sole survivor, F/S W. H. Denison, was confined in Hospital due injuries until Liberation.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick
Obituary from The Red Deer Advocate 14 Mar 1945
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick
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
Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick
Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick
Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Image gallery
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Submitted for Harry Denison, the only survivor of the Halifax bomber NP799 that crashed on March 5th 1945. Pictured from L to R are Jack (John) Kirkpatrick., Roald Gunderson, Harry Denison, Jack (John) Larson, Bud (Roy) Stillinger, and Bob (Robert) Fennel. Submitted by Operation Picture Me
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Photo from The Red Deer Advocate 14 Mar 1945 From //lostbombers.co.uk: NP799 was one of four No.426 Sqdn Halifaxes lost on operation to Chemnitz. It was airborne at 1645 on 5 Mar 45 from Linton-on-Ouse and shot down by a night-fighter. Crash-site not established. RAF Sgt. I. Giles has no known grave and his name is engraved on the Runnymede Memorial. The six Canadian airman are buried in the Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery. They are: F/L J. G. Kirkpatrick; F/O R. E. Fennell; F/O R. E. Stillinger; WO1 J. A. Larson; F/S R.B.Gunderson. The sole survivor, F/S W. H. Denison, was confined in Hospital due injuries until Liberation.
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Obituary from The Red Deer Advocate 14 Mar 1945
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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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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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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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Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 530 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY Germany
The BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY is in the district of Charlottenburg, 8 kilometres west of the city centre, on the south side of the Heerstrasse.
From Theodor Heuss Platz in the district of Charlottenburg near the exhibition hall complex and next to the Olympic stadium, follow signs for Spandau, proceeding along the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery lies on the Heerstrasse on the left hand side of the road and 3 kilometres from Theodor Heuss Platz.
Visitors should drive beyond the BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY to the traffic lights, then turn left directly onto a small one way street running parallel to the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery entrance is on this small one way road.
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