Military service
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
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Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
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 -
Memorial
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Brothers
Brothers Grant (left) and John. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Group Photo
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Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of 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 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Memorial dedicated to John McCaw and other Short Stirling BK716 aircrew members in Almere, Netherlands. It was unveiled by Princess Margaret. -
Memorial
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. -
Memorial
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 -
Newspaper clipping
Sergeant John Francis James McCaw officially presumed dead Nove 26 1943 Kingston Whig Standard -
Memorial
Marken Memorial BK716 plaque -
Letter
Letter supporting promotion to Flight Sergeant -
Memorial
Marken, Netherlands BK716 Memorial with Plaque -
Family Photo
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Group Photo
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Newspaper clipping
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Group Photo
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 -
Grave marker
CWGC Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, The Netherlands -
Photo
For more information, please consult this link: https://bk716.their-story.org/
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
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
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw
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
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."
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