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Military service
Service number:
R/98960
Age:
26
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
428 Sqdn.
Birth:
July 23, 1916
Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
May 12, 1941
Death:
June 25, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVI. D. 4.
Additional information
Son of William Charles and Exirienne (née Turcotte) Kimber and lived and worked as a farm labourer. He received his Air Gunners Badge on September 25, 1942.
He married Florence Diehl on the August 24,1934 and had two daughters, Doreen and Phyllis and a son Wayne. Flight Sergeant Kimber never saw his son Wayne, as his wife was pregnant when he went to England. On the 25th of June 1943 at 01.06 Flight Sergeant Kimber along with one other Canadian and five British airmen were shot down by a night fighter after a bombing run to Wuppertal and crashed 2km north of Acht. His sister Rita still remembers the last time she saw her brother. He was standing at the back of the train with his wife and their two daughters, waving as it left Blaine Lake. As war casualty from Saskatchewan, Flight Sergeant Kimber has been honoured by having Kimber Lake named after him. He also is survived by a sister Mary and brother Omer.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Michael Patrick Kimber
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Photo of Michael Patrick Kimber
Michael's first photo taken in 1941. -
Photo of Michael Patrick Kimber
Michael Patrick Kimber missed by all. -
Gravestone of Michael Patrick Kimber
Michael Patrick Kimber is buried at Groesbeak Canadian War Cemetery.His original resting place was at Eindhoven but was later moved along with the other Canadian killed when they were shot down near Acht. -
Telegram
This is the telegram sent by Michaels' wife Florence to Michaels' brother after she was informed he was missing and presumed dead. -
Photo of MICHAEL PATRICK KIMBER
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of MICHAEL PATRICK KIMBER
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Michael Patrick Kimber is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Michael Patrick Kimber 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
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Michael Patrick Kimber
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Michael Patrick Kimber
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Michael Patrick Kimber
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Michael Patrick Kimber
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Michael Patrick Kimber
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Michael Patrick Kimber
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Michael Patrick Kimber
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Michael Patrick Kimber
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Michael Patrick Kimber
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 177 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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