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Digital gallery of Pilot Officer John King
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John King and his comrades
This picture was sent by Derek Roy Edmands' sister from Birmingham, England. The picture was taken by Edmands in August of 1943. There were seven crew listed missing on January 29th, but only six appear in the picture.<p> F/L Keith Harris of Knowle Park, Bristol, England; F/O John Horn of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; F/S Albert J. Chappel of Southorpe, England; F/O James Francis Harrigan of Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada; P/O <b>John King</b> (bottom left) of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Sgt. Thomas F McLean of Falkirk, Scotland; Sgt. Derek Roy Edmands of Smothwick, Staffs., England -
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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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Pilot Officer John King is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer John King is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John King
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John King
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John King
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John King
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John King
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John King
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John King
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John King
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John King
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 352 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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