Military service
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer John Alexander Kay Imrie
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Group Photo
L-R: Harold Truscott, Bob Whitson, Gordon Croucher, David Scott, Don Ryan -
Group Photo
Jack Imrie and Bob Whitson -
Group Photo
Jack Imrie, David Scott and Harold Truscott -
Group Photo
Harold Truscott, Bob Whitson and Jack Imrie at Beninbourough Hall. -
Photo of Jack Imrie
John Alexander Kay Imrie age 19 from Toronto, Ontario (tail gunner) -
Group Photo
L-R: Harold Truscott (Mid Upper Gunner), Bob Whitson (Navigator), Jack Irmie (Tail Gunner), Gordon Croucher (Wireless Operator), David Scott (Flight Engineer), Don Ryan (Pilot). -
Lancaster LL687
Berlin Special- Lancaster Bomber LL687 EQ*M Lost during Hamburg operations July 29, 1944 Crashed at Spreckens, Germany. All crew killed except Flt Eng David Scott who was taken PoW until end of war. -
Ground Crew for LL687
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Group Photo
Dry Ditching Exercise on LL723. L-R Harold Truscott by upper turrent, Gordon Croucher, Bob Whitson, Don Ryan climbing out of hatch, David Scott inboard wing and Al Durnin outboard wing. -
Group Photo
Jack Imrie with a friend who later went missing in action over Frankfurt, Germany. -
Grave Marker
Grave marker at Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany -
Crash site of Lancaster LL687
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Memorial Plaque
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Close up of Memorial Plaque
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Photo of John Imrie
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Crew Photo
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Cemetery
Plot 17, Row D, Graves 4-8 - Becklingen War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Becklingen War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Becklingen War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer John Alexander Kay Imrie is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer John Alexander Kay Imrie is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Id card
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JOHN ALEXANDER KAY IMRIE
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Alexander Kay Imrie
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Alexander Kay Imrie
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Alexander Kay Imrie
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Alexander Kay Imrie
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Alexander Kay Imrie
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Alexander Kay Imrie
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Alexander Kay Imrie
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Alexander Kay Imrie
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Alexander Kay Imrie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 342 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Germany
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY is 13 km south east of Soltau on the west side of the road from Hamburg to Hannover.
From Hannover travel north in the direction of Hamburg on the Autoroute No.7 for 80 km until the junction with Soltau Sud, this is in fact the junction of the A7 with the B3 Hannover to Hamburg road.
On leaving the A7 at Soltau Sud follow the B3 in the direction of Celle and Bergen. The cemetery is on the right hand side of the road, 7 Km from the motorway junction.
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