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Military service
Service number:
R/83904
Age:
20
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
#20 Operational Training Unit
Birth:
February 24, 1921
Death:
January 19, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 13.
Additional information
Son of James and Ella Maud Jackson, of Toronto, Ontario. Sergeant Jackson was honoured in a memorial service on 21 August 2003 when Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal unveiled a memorial to commemorate those who lost their lives in accidents in the Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland. Its centre piece is an engine from the Wellington Bomber, which was based on RAF Lossiemouth and disappeared in bad weather on 19 January 1942.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Robert James Jackson
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Photo of Robert J. Jackson
Sergeant Robert J. Jackson before transfer overseas -
Braemer Memorial
This memorial was unveiled by Princess Anne on August 21, 2003. Robert Jackson and Harry Kelley are remembered in this memorial. -
Cross of Sacrifice
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Dyce Old Churchyard
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Grave Marker
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. 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 -
Photo of ROBERT JAMES JACKSON
In memory of the students of R H King Academy (formally Scarborough Collegiate Institute) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
R H King Academy
In memory of the students of R H King Academy (formally Scarborough Collegiate Institute) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
R H King Academy
In memory of the students of R H King Academy (formally Scarborough Collegiate Institute) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
R H King Academy
In memory of the students of R H King Academy (formally Scarborough Collegiate Institute) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant Robert James Jackson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant Robert James Jackson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert James Jackson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert James Jackson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert James Jackson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert James Jackson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert James Jackson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert James Jackson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert James Jackson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert James Jackson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert James Jackson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 84 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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