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Military service
Service number:
R/101201
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
149 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
October 2, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
20. D. 9.
Additional information
Son of Andrew Nesbit McIntyre and Kathleen Mary McIntyre, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre
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War Memorial
Kamloops Cenotaph, Memorial Park, Battle Street and 2nd Avenue, Kamloops, British Columbia. Includes honour roll tablets listing 189 names for World War I and 92 names for World War II. Unveiled on May 24th, 1925. Inscribed: C.E.F. - NOR TIME NOR TIDE CAN EVER EFFACE THE MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD. -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands<P> Stirling aircraft was airborne 1906 2Oct42 from Lakenheath and was shot down by a night-fighter, crashing at 2132 at Kronenberg (Limburg) 13 km WNW of Venlo, Holland, where the crew were initially buried. They were subsequently re-interred in Jonkerbos War Cemetery. The pilot was S/L W.R.Greenslade DFC AFC MiD, from Youngstown, Alberta. who had joined the RAF. Sgt. McIntyre was the only other Canadian on board. The RAF crew members killed were: Sgt M.K.Smith; Sgt F.L.Hughes; Sgt E.L.Moore; F/S W.Orange; and Sgt B.F.Goldsmith. (Source: //lostbombers.co.uk) -
Inscription
Kamloops Cenotaph, British Columbia. Detail of the Tablet listing names for World War II. -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre 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 -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Memorial for the crew of Short Stirling R9167 with call code OJ-N which crashed in the village of Kronenberg in The Netherlands on October 2nd 1942. All crew members lost their lives. Amongst them was Sergeant Air Observer Robert Francis McIntyre from Vancouver. The memorial was unveiled on October 7th 2017 in Kronenberg - The Netherlands. -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. 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 -
Photo of Robert McIntyre
In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre
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