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Military service
Service number:
J/35044
Age:
22
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
July 25, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
2. E. 5.
Additional information
Son of John B. and Katherine M. Kommes, of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Grave Marker
Grave of J.J. Kommes at the War Cemetary. His Lancaster III PG-E LM643 crashed due to Flak during a bombing raid into the Donges oil plant. All crew sadly KIA." -
Photo of JOSEPH JOHN KOMMES
PG-E LM643 crashed due to Flak during a bombing raid into the Donges oil plant. All crew sadly KIA. The exact position of the crash is not known. -
Graves registration form
PG-E LM643 crashed due to Flak during a bombing raid into the Donges oil plant. All crew sadly KIA." -
Cemetery
PG-E LM643 crashed due to Flak during a bombing raid into the Donges oil plant. All crew sadly KIA." -
Cemetery
PG-E LM643 crashed due to Flak during a bombing raid into the Donges oil plant. All crew sadly KIA." -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Joseph John Kommes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Joseph John Kommes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of JOSEPH JOHN KOMMES
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JOSEPH JOHN KOMMES
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph John Kommes
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph John Kommes
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph John Kommes
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph John Kommes
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph John Kommes
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph John Kommes
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph John Kommes
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph John Kommes
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph John Kommes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 355 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ESCOUBLAC-LA-BAULE WAR CEMETERY Loire-Atlantique, France
Escoublac-la-Baule is 13 kilometres west of St Nazaire and the ESCOUBLAC-LA-BAULE WAR CEMETERY is south-east of Escoublac and east of La Baule.
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