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Military service
Service number:
R/62650
Age:
23
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
419 Sqdn.
Death:
May 30, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Row A. Coll. grave 19-20.
Additional information
Son of James R. Forbes ad Bessie Forbes, of Mille Roches, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant John Gordon Forbes
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Group Photo
While on air operations in Calgary in April 1941 -
Group Photo
Air Operations Calgary 1941. -
Photo of John Gordon Forbes
Location unknown but probably in Canada before going overseas. -
Photo 2
Back home after finishing training as a WAG. -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant John Gordon Forbes 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 -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant John Gordon Forbes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Cornwall (Ontario) Daily Standard Freeholder newspaper c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Cornwall (Ontario) Daily Standard Freeholder c.1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Gordon Forbes
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Gordon Forbes
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Gordon Forbes
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Gordon Forbes
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Gordon Forbes
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Gordon Forbes
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Gordon Forbes
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Gordon Forbes
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Gordon Forbes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 74 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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VIROFLAY NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY Yvelines, France
Viroflay is a small town 4 kilometres east of Versailles. The cemetery is situated in the wood, south of the town, and about 880 metres from the church and town hall.
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