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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
J/17276
Age:
23
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth:
November 20, 1920
Wynard, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
February 10, 1941
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Death:
February 25, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
1. G. 2.
Additional information
Son of Haraldur B. and Elin Einarson. Twin brother of Flight Sergeant Harold Bjorn Einarson, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson has been honoured by having Einarson Creek named after him. The location of Einarson Creek is in Yukon (105O13- 63° 45’ 11”- 131° 37’ 51”)
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson
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Photo of JOHANN WALTER EINARSON
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F/L Einarson was pilot of Lancaster LL 775, 61 (RAF) Sqdn. on operations to Augsburg, Germany, when the aircraft crashed at Lagarde in the Parc Regional de Lorraine (Moselle), some 14 km s of Dieuze, France.<P> He was the only Canadian crew member. The other crew members killed were<BR> Sgt M.L.Worth KIA P/O A.J.Collins RAAF KIA F/S R.T.Gill RAAF KIA F/S P.L.Jones KIA F/S H.Rankin DFM KIA. One crew member survived and was able to successfully evade capture. He was: W/O P.R.Greatrex RAAF (Source: www.lostbombers.co.uk) <P> Sadly, his twin brother, F/S (Pilot) Harold Bjorn Einarson, was killed at age 19 September 10, 1942, while serving on 207 (RAF) Squadron. -
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Newspaper Clipping
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Memorial
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 Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Johann Walter Einarson
The Einarson's at 19 OTU, RAF Kinloss, Course No.32 - November 1941 -
Photo of Johann Walter Einarson
Johan and his 61 Squadron crew
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 299 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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