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Military service
Service number:
J/90346
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
49 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
July 19, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 1.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Albert John Rammage
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Newspaper Clipping
Photo from The Toronto Star, June 22, 1945, page 13 Lancaster JB-473 was one of four No. 49 (RAF) Squadron Lancasters lost on the night of 18/19 July 1944 when a total of 253 Lancasters of RAF 1, 3, 5 and 8 groups attacked railway junctions at Aulnoye and Revigny. Both targets were hit but the No 5 Group raid to Revigny was caught by German fighters and 24 Lancasters were shot down, nearly 22 per cent of the Lancasters involved. P/O Rammage was the only crew member of JB473 who was killed; seven RAF and RCAF crew members survived the crash (see 'Beware of the Dog at War' Jon Ward. 49 Sqdn history). Information from www.lostbombers.co.uk -
Newspaper Clipping
The Toronto Star, June 22, 1945, page 13 -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Albert John Rammage is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Albert John Rammage is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Identification
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Service Book
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Letter of recommendation
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Photo of ALBERT JOHN RAMMAGE
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Correspondence
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Correspondence
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Document
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Correspondence
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Cemetery
Picture of two of three of Albert's grandchildren visiting his grave. -
Grave marker
Picture of Albert's gravestone taken in 2017 -
Entrance
Picture of the church yard where Albert lies in rest -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Albert John Rammage
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Albert John Rammage
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Albert John Rammage
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Albert John Rammage
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Albert John Rammage
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Albert John Rammage
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Albert John Rammage
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Albert John Rammage
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Albert John Rammage
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 423 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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VASSIMONT-ET-CHAPELAINE CHURCHYARD Marne, France
Vassimont-et-Chapelaine is a village and commune 28 kilometres south-west of Chalons-en-Champagne, and 11 kilometres east of Fere-Champenoise. In the churchyard, in front of and to the south of the church, is the grave of one Canadian airman.
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