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Military service
Service number:
J/17247
Age:
23
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
404 Sqdn.
Birth:
March 18, 1921
Edmonton, Alberta
Enlistment:
August 12, 1941
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
August 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 10.
Additional information
Son of John and Jessie Robbie of Edmonton, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Ian Crichton Robbie
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Photos of the commemorative ceremony on August 8, 2015, in Barbâtre, Île de Noirmoutier, France.
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Photos of the commemorative ceremony on August 8, 2015, in Barbâtre, Île de Noirmoutier, France.
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Photos of the commemorative ceremony on August 8, 2015, in Barbâtre, Île de Noirmoutier, France.
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Photos of the commemorative ceremony on August 8, 2015, in Barbâtre, Île de Noirmoutier, France.
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Photos of the commemorative ceremony on August 8, 2015, in Barbâtre, Île de Noirmoutier, France.
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Photos of the commemorative ceremony on August 8, 2015, in Barbâtre, Île de Noirmoutier, France.
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Photos of the commemorative ceremony on August 8, 2015, in Barbâtre, Île de Noirmoutier, France.
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Photo of Ian Crichton Robbie
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Photo of the commemorative ceremony on August 6, 2016, in Barbâtre, Île de Noirmoutier, France.
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Memorial
This memorial was unveiled on August 6, 2016 which honours Ian Robbie and Robert Forestell who were killed in a plane crash on August 8, 1944. -
Memorial
This memorial was unveiled on August 6, 2016 which honours Ian Robbie and Robert Forestell who were killed in a plane crash on August 8, 1944. -
Wreath Laying Ceremony
On August 6, 2016, Dorothy Robbie, daughter of Ian Robbie and Daniel Forestell, nephew and godson of Robert Forestell laid a wreath and paid their respects to the airmen. -
Inscription
This memorial was unveiled on August 6, 2016 which honours Ian Robbie and Robert Forestell who were killed in a plane crash on August 8, 1944. -
Ceremony
Photo of the commemorative ceremony on August 6, 2016, in Barbâtre, Île de Noirmoutier, France. -
Paying respects
On August 6, 2016, Dorothy Robbie and Daniel Forestell are joined by Co-Presidents of the Relations Internationales Culture Mémoriel de Barbâtre (R.I.C.M.B) Tony Erceau et Michel Moracchini and paid their respects to the airmen. -
Photo of IAN CRICHTON ROBBIE
From the Loyal Edmonton Regimental magazine the Fortyniner. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Edmonton Bulletin May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ian Crichton Robbie
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ian Crichton Robbie
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ian Crichton Robbie
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ian Crichton Robbie
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ian Crichton Robbie
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ian Crichton Robbie
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ian Crichton Robbie
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ian Crichton Robbie
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ian Crichton Robbie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 428 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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