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Military service
Service number:
R/122066
Age:
19
Rank:
Leading Aircraftman
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
July 8, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Block 5. Plot 12. Lot 4.
Additional information
Son of George and Edith E. Johnston, of Vancouver.
Digital gallery of Leading Aircraftman Robert Guthrie Johnston
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Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Sun. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Sergeant Gutteridge (Pilot - R/121025), Sergeant Johnston (Pilot - R/122066), Sergeant Stearns (R/131519) and Leading Aircraftman MacDonald (12176A) were killed after RCAF Cessna Crane 8743 of 15 SFTS was involved in a mid-air collision Claresholm airfield memorial 1 - note that Leading Aircraftman MacDonald is incorrectly recorded under RAAF instead of RCAF -
Memorial
Claresholm airfield memorial 2 -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 85 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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