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Son of Harry and Marjorie McCaw, of Belleville, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
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Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
Brothers Grant (left) and John. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
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 John Francis James McCaw
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
This is a correct photo of Sgt. McCaw. as per article in the Belleville Intelligencer newspaper https://www.intelligencer.ca/news/local-news/recovery-of-lost-ww2-belleville-airman-begins-in-dutch-lake
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
From the Toronto Star May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
From the Toronto Star May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
Memorial dedicated to John McCaw and other Short Stirling BK716 aircrew members in Almere, Netherlands. It was unveiled by Princess Margaret.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
The Town of Bancroft where Francis McCaw was born has a tradition of hanging banners of local Veterans from Thanksgiving Day through to Remembrance Day. His is now displayed along with other banners of veterans throughout the town.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
The photo is showing monument side with Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw name with all the wreaths that were placed there during the commemoration ceremony on October 12, 2021. The monument is located in the Resistance Memorial Park (Bos der Onverzettelijken), which means “Forest of the Unyielding".
It was planted in 1992 with trees for all resistance fighters who were executed during the Second World War.
The airman memorial is facing towards the descendant of the Anne Frank tree. The original Anne Frank tree in Amsterdam died a few years ago.
Engraved on each side on the top of base (English and Dutch)
We Commemorate The crew of the Short Stirling BK716 - Who Died During the second World War - They Paid the Ultimate Price - So We Can Live in Freedom Today
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Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
Sergeant John Francis James McCaw officially presumed dead Nove 26 1943 Kingston Whig Standard
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Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
Marken Memorial BK716 plaque
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
Letter supporting promotion to Flight Sergeant
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Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
Marken, Netherlands BK716 Memorial with Plaque
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
Non officers position of Short Stirling crew - left to right looking at the photo – Sgt Shrubsall, Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw, Sgt Charles Bell, Sgt Ronald Kennedy
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Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
CWGC Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
For more information, please consult this link: https://bk716.their-story.org/
Image gallery
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Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Brothers Grant (left) and John. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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This is a correct photo of Sgt. McCaw. as per article in the Belleville Intelligencer newspaper https://www.intelligencer.ca/news/local-news/recovery-of-lost-ww2-belleville-airman-begins-in-dutch-lake
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From the Toronto Star May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Memorial dedicated to John McCaw and other Short Stirling BK716 aircrew members in Almere, Netherlands. It was unveiled by Princess Margaret.
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The Town of Bancroft where Francis McCaw was born has a tradition of hanging banners of local Veterans from Thanksgiving Day through to Remembrance Day. His is now displayed along with other banners of veterans throughout the town.
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The photo is showing monument side with Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw name with all the wreaths that were placed there during the commemoration ceremony on October 12, 2021. The monument is located in the Resistance Memorial Park (Bos der Onverzettelijken), which means “Forest of the Unyielding". It was planted in 1992 with trees for all resistance fighters who were executed during the Second World War. The airman memorial is facing towards the descendant of the Anne Frank tree. The original Anne Frank tree in Amsterdam died a few years ago. Engraved on each side on the top of base (English and Dutch) We Commemorate The crew of the Short Stirling BK716 - Who Died During the second World War - They Paid the Ultimate Price - So We Can Live in Freedom Today
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Sergeant John Francis James McCaw officially presumed dead Nove 26 1943 Kingston Whig Standard
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Marken Memorial BK716 plaque
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Letter supporting promotion to Flight Sergeant
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Marken, Netherlands BK716 Memorial with Plaque
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Non officers position of Short Stirling crew - left to right looking at the photo – Sgt Shrubsall, Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw, Sgt Charles Bell, Sgt Ronald Kennedy
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CWGC Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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For more information, please consult this link: https://bk716.their-story.org/
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 189 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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