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Digital gallery of Squadron Leader Pilot William Roy Greenslade
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Pilot William Roy Greenslade
This is a photo of the with code OJ-N which crashed in Kronenberg (Municipality Sevenum) on October 2nd 1942 and caused the death of William Roy Greenslade and his crew. On October 7th of this year 2017 a memorial will be unveiled on the spot of the crash. Twelve family members of Roy Greenslade, amongst them his youngest brother, will attend the ceremony.
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Pilot William Roy Greenslade
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Pilot William Roy Greenslade
Memorial for the crew of Squadron Leader / Pilot William Roy Greenslade's Short Stirling R9167 with call code OJ-N in Kronenberg - The Netherlands. The aircraft crashed in Kronenberg after it was shot down by a German night fighter. All seven crew members died in the crash including William Roy Greenslade. The memorial was unveiled on October 7th 2017.
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Pilot William Roy Greenslade
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Pilot William Roy Greenslade
Squadron Leader Pilot William Roy Greenslade is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Pilot William Roy Greenslade
Squadron Leader Pilot William Roy Greenslade is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Pilot William Roy Greenslade
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Pilot William Roy Greenslade
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Pilot William Roy Greenslade
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands<P>S/L Greenslade, age 29, was from Youngstown, Alberta. He had completed sixty-three operations serving in the RAF, been Mentioned in Despatches, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Force Cross. He narrowly escaped death over Hamburg July 1942 (Under a Bomber's Moon by Stephen Harris, Chapter 8).
Stirling aircraft R9167 went down during a trip over Krefeld, Germany.
The crew were airborne 1906 2Oct42 from Lakenheath and hot down by a night-fighter, crashing 2132 at Kronenberg (Limburg) 13 km WNW of Venlo, Holland, where the crew were initially buried. They have been subsequently re-interred in Jonkerbos War Cemetery.
RCAF Sgt. (B) Robt. F. McIntyre and non-Canadian crew were also killed. They were: Sgts M.K.Smith, F.L.Hughes, E.L.Moore, B. F. Goldsmith and F/S W.Orange.
(Source: //lostbombers.co.uk)
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This is a photo of the with code OJ-N which crashed in Kronenberg (Municipality Sevenum) on October 2nd 1942 and caused the death of William Roy Greenslade and his crew. On October 7th of this year 2017 a memorial will be unveiled on the spot of the crash. Twelve family members of Roy Greenslade, amongst them his youngest brother, will attend the ceremony.
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From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Memorial for the crew of Squadron Leader / Pilot William Roy Greenslade's Short Stirling R9167 with call code OJ-N in Kronenberg - The Netherlands. The aircraft crashed in Kronenberg after it was shot down by a German night fighter. All seven crew members died in the crash including William Roy Greenslade. The memorial was unveiled on October 7th 2017.
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Squadron Leader Pilot William Roy Greenslade is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Squadron Leader Pilot William Roy Greenslade is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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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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Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands<P>S/L Greenslade, age 29, was from Youngstown, Alberta. He had completed sixty-three operations serving in the RAF, been Mentioned in Despatches, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Force Cross. He narrowly escaped death over Hamburg July 1942 (Under a Bomber's Moon by Stephen Harris, Chapter 8). Stirling aircraft R9167 went down during a trip over Krefeld, Germany. The crew were airborne 1906 2Oct42 from Lakenheath and hot down by a night-fighter, crashing 2132 at Kronenberg (Limburg) 13 km WNW of Venlo, Holland, where the crew were initially buried. They have been subsequently re-interred in Jonkerbos War Cemetery. RCAF Sgt. (B) Robt. F. McIntyre and non-Canadian crew were also killed. They were: Sgts M.K.Smith, F.L.Hughes, E.L.Moore, B. F. Goldsmith and F/S W.Orange. (Source: //lostbombers.co.uk)
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Page 605 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY Netherlands
The town of Nijmegen is 16 km south of Arnhem. JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY is 4 km south west of Nijmegen, 1 km south of the main Grave-Nijmegen road. Folowing the A73 exit at the junction Nijmegen Wijchen taking following directions to Nijmegen along the A32b entering Nijmegen on the Graafseweg. On reaching the Industrieterrein a Commission signpost directs visitors to turn left onto the Weg Door Jonkerbos. Shortly after appears a further signpost showing the left hand turning onto Oude Mollenhutseweg. The JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY is located on 150 metres after entering the Oude Mollenhutseweg on the right hand side of the road.
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