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Digital gallery of Wing Commander John Sydney Dunlevie
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Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of John Sydney Dunlevie
Wing Commander John Sidney Dunlevie was killed in 1944. (portrait by Yousuf Karsh) Here is a short bio: Born in Ottawa, John Sidney Dunlevie joined the Royal Air Force in the U.K. in June, 1936. After initial training in England he was sent to Egypt for advanced training, gaining his wings in 1937. From there he went to Iraq, serving with a bomber squadron until a crash cut short his tour, his injuries necessitating a return to the U.K. On the outbreak of the Second World War he was serving with a communication squadron, but transferred to Bomber Command in the autumn of 1941, flying Blenheims. In October of that year he was posted to Malta, returning to England in the Spring of the following year, then to Canada as an instructor. March 1944 saw his return to the U.K., where he converted to Mosquito fighter bombers. He died on a training flight in Mosquito HP848, crashing into trees while low flying, his navigator also perishing in the crash.
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Sydney Dunlevie
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Sydney Dunlevie
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Sydney Dunlevie
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Sydney Dunlevie
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Sydney Dunlevie
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Sydney Dunlevie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 607 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY Surrey, United Kingdom
Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322). The main entrance to Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright. Brookwood Military Cemetery is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom, covering approximately 37 acres.
In 1917, an area of land in Brookwood Cemetery (originally The London Necropolis) was set aside for the burial of men and women of the forces of the Commonwealth and Americans, who had died, many of battle wounds, in the London district. This site was further extended to accommodate the Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War, and American, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French and Polish plots containing the graves of Allied casualties. There are also German and Italian plots where prisoners of war lie buried.
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