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Son of Peter and Margaret Laird McLean, of Victoria Harbour, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant John Andrew McLean
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Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Andrew McLean
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Andrew McLean
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Andrew McLean
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Andrew McLean
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Andrew McLean
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Andrew McLean
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Andrew McLean
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Andrew McLean
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Andrew McLean
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Andrew McLean
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Andrew McLean
Photo of wreckage and information re crash courtesy Airwar Over Denmark www.flensted.eu.com <P>
RAF 207 Sqn. Lancaster coded EM-J.
crashed on Operation Gardening (Mining) Geranium.
At 02:58 Lancaster R5616 was attacked by a German night fighter and crashed burning in the tidal area 200 metres south of the Island of Mandø.
Only FLt. Engr. Sgt Jack Read managed to get out of the Lancaster before it crashed, and landed in his parachute in deep water at Sønder Hoved east of Mandø.
The rest of the crew of Lancaster R5616 perished and were laid to rest in Fovrfelt cemetery, Esbjerg on 22/8-1942. <P>
They were Pilot P/O Anthony J. Southwell, Air Observer F/O Dennis J. Quinlan RCAF, W/Op-Air Gnr. F/O Wilfrid M. Edmonds RAAF, W/Op-Air Gnr. Sgt Robert Robson, Air Gnr.Sgt Thomas Douglas and Air Gnr. F/Sgt John A. McLean RCAF.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Andrew McLean
Photo of crew of Lancaster I R5656 (Via Finn Buch)
They are:Pilot P/O Anthony J. Southwell, Air Observer F/O Dennis J. Quinlan RCAF, W/Op-Air Gnr. F/O Wilfrid M. Edmonds RAAF, W/Op-Air Gnr. Sgt Robert Robson, Air Gnr.Sgt Thomas Douglas and Air Gnr. F/Sgt John A. McLean RCAF.
Courtesy Air War Over Denmark www.flensted.eu.com
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Andrew McLean
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 Andrew McLean
Flight Sergeant John Andrew McLean is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Andrew McLean
Flight Sergeant John Andrew McLean is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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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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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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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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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Photo of wreckage and information re crash courtesy Airwar Over Denmark www.flensted.eu.com <P> RAF 207 Sqn. Lancaster coded EM-J. crashed on Operation Gardening (Mining) Geranium. At 02:58 Lancaster R5616 was attacked by a German night fighter and crashed burning in the tidal area 200 metres south of the Island of Mandø. Only FLt. Engr. Sgt Jack Read managed to get out of the Lancaster before it crashed, and landed in his parachute in deep water at Sønder Hoved east of Mandø. The rest of the crew of Lancaster R5616 perished and were laid to rest in Fovrfelt cemetery, Esbjerg on 22/8-1942. <P> They were Pilot P/O Anthony J. Southwell, Air Observer F/O Dennis J. Quinlan RCAF, W/Op-Air Gnr. F/O Wilfrid M. Edmonds RAAF, W/Op-Air Gnr. Sgt Robert Robson, Air Gnr.Sgt Thomas Douglas and Air Gnr. F/Sgt John A. McLean RCAF.
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Photo of crew of Lancaster I R5656 (Via Finn Buch) They are:Pilot P/O Anthony J. Southwell, Air Observer F/O Dennis J. Quinlan RCAF, W/Op-Air Gnr. F/O Wilfrid M. Edmonds RAAF, W/Op-Air Gnr. Sgt Robert Robson, Air Gnr.Sgt Thomas Douglas and Air Gnr. F/Sgt John A. McLean RCAF. Courtesy Air War Over Denmark www.flensted.eu.com
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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 Sergeant John Andrew McLean is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant John Andrew McLean 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 97 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY Denmark
Esbjerg is a port in south-western Jutland. ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY is about 3 kilometres to the north of the town, off the road to Hjerting, along the Gravlundvej.
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