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Military service
Service number:
R/88211
Age:
19
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
15 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
July 26, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
16. H. 4.
Additional information
Son of James O'Neill Fitzgerald and Nina Helen Fitzgerald, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant John Chisholm Fitzgerald
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Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands<P> Stirling W-7576 was airborne 2340 25 Jul 42 from Wyton. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 0132 at Horst (Limburg), 12 km NW of Venlo, Holland, where those killed were first buried. They have been subsequently been re-interred in the Jonkerbos War Cemetery. Also killed was the Canadian pilot, P/O W.A.Shoemaker DFC, and RAF Sgt. P. D. Byrne. Four crew members were taken PoW: Sgt. D. L. Evans, RCAF, and RAF Sgts H.A.Robinson, R.J.Fletcher and G.D.G.Muir. (Source: //lostbombers.co.uk) -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant John Chisholm Fitzgerald is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant John Chisholm Fitzgerald is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
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 Sergeant John Chisholm Fitzgerald
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Chisholm Fitzgerald
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Chisholm Fitzgerald
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Chisholm Fitzgerald
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