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Military service
Service number:
J/27764
Age:
24
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
438 Sqdn.
Birth:
April 7, 1920
Louisville
Enlistment:
March 13, 1941
Windsor, Ontario
Death:
September 29, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 291 (Addenda).
Additional information
Son of Edgar and Myrtle Cornelison of Louisville, Kentucky. Husband of Mary Margaret Towles and father of Diane Cornelison of Windsor, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer John Edgar Cornelison
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Photo of John Edgar Cornelison
Photo of Cornelison, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa -
Letter
Letter of circumstances of crash, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa -
Photo of John Edgar Cornelison
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
John's name appears on the Runnymede Memorial which means his remains are missing. In his service file there is a photo of a grave marker and a document that states he may be buried at Groesbeek. A military mystery. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of John Edgar Cornelison
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Edgar Cornelison
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Edgar Cornelison
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Edgar Cornelison
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Edgar Cornelison
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Edgar Cornelison
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Edgar Cornelison
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Edgar Cornelison
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 279 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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