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Military service
Service number:
J/24060
Age:
29
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
433 Sqdn.
Birth:
January 1, 1915
Miami
Enlistment:
January 1, 1940
Winnipeg
Death:
August 17, 1944
Sea west of Langeland, Denmark
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Allied Mil. Plot. Row 5. 16.
Additional information
Son of Walter and Blanche Emma Sprott, of Miami, Manitoba.
Brother of Leading Aircraftman Ronald Gear Sprott, who died on August 3, 1942, while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer John Coles Sprott
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
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Group Photo
The film Captain of the Clouds starring James Cagney (at right) was filmed at RCAF Uplands station. John Sprott had a small part in the movie. -
Movie Poster
The film Captain of the Clouds starring James Cagney was filmed at RCAF Uplands station. John Sprott had a small part in the movie. -
Photo of John Coles Sprott
The film Captain of the Clouds starring James Cagney and Alan Hale was filmed at RCAF Uplands station. John Sprott had a small part in the movie. -
Photo of John Sprott
The film Captain of the Clouds starring James Cagney was filmed at RCAF Uplands station. John Sprott had a small part in the movie. -
Photo of John Coles Sprott
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Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer John Coles Sprott is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer John Coles Sprott is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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John and Doris Sprott. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Winnipeg Free Press 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Coles Sprott
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Coles Sprott
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Coles Sprott
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Coles Sprott
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Coles Sprott
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Coles Sprott
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Coles Sprott
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Coles Sprott
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Coles Sprott
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 450 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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AABENRAA CEMETERY Denmark
Aabenra is in Jutland, on the main road from Germany into Denmark, about 24 kilometres north of the frontier. It is about 105 kilometres from the port of Esbjerg. AABENRAA CEMETERY is on the western side of the town. The 1939-45 Plot is on the left-hand side of the main path towards the rear of the cemetery.
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