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Digital gallery of Pilot Officer John James Astles
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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 -
Memorial
Pilot Officer John James Astles s also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer John James Astles s also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of JOHN JAMES ASTLES
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JOHN JAMES ASTLES
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Photo used with permission of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands. -
Cemetery
Photograph used with permission of Frans van Capellan, The Netherlands.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 240 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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HOOGEZAND-SAPPEMEER-(KROPSWOLDE) PROTESTANT-CHURCH Netherlands
Kropswolde, under the administration of Hoogezand-Sappemeer, is a village situated 15 kilometres south-east of Groningen on a minor road to Zuidlaren.
The HOOGEZAND-SAPPEMEER-(KROPSWOLDE) PROTESTANT-CHURCHYARD surrounds the church, which stands in the centre of the village. The graves of the five airmen are in the south-western corner.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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