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Military service
Service number:
J/11038
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
426 Sqdn.
Death:
March 5, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
9. B. 10.
Additional information
Son of William John and Agnes Jane Kirkpatrick, of Red Deer, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick
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Group Photo
Submitted for Harry Denison, the only survivor of the Halifax bomber NP799 that crashed on March 5th 1945. Pictured from L to R are Jack (John) Kirkpatrick., Roald Gunderson, Harry Denison, Jack (John) Larson, Bud (Roy) Stillinger, and Bob (Robert) Fennel. Submitted by Operation Picture Me -
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Photo from The Red Deer Advocate 14 Mar 1945 From //lostbombers.co.uk: NP799 was one of four No.426 Sqdn Halifaxes lost on operation to Chemnitz. It was airborne at 1645 on 5 Mar 45 from Linton-on-Ouse and shot down by a night-fighter. Crash-site not established. RAF Sgt. I. Giles has no known grave and his name is engraved on the Runnymede Memorial. The six Canadian airman are buried in the Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery. They are: F/L J. G. Kirkpatrick; F/O R. E. Fennell; F/O R. E. Stillinger; WO1 J. A. Larson; F/S R.B.Gunderson. The sole survivor, F/S W. H. Denison, was confined in Hospital due injuries until Liberation. -
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Obituary from The Red Deer Advocate 14 Mar 1945 -
Photo of JOHN GILLESPIE KIRKPATRICK
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Id Card
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Grave marker
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 Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick
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Commemorated on:
Page 530 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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