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Digital gallery of Flying Officer John Edgar Cornelison
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Photo of John Edgar Cornelison
Photo of Cornelison, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa -
Letter
Letter of circumstances of crash, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa -
Photo of John Edgar Cornelison
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
John's name appears on the Runnymede Memorial which means his remains are missing. In his service file there is a photo of a grave marker and a document that states he may be buried at Groesbeek. A military mystery. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of John Edgar Cornelison
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Edgar Cornelison
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Edgar Cornelison
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Edgar Cornelison
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Edgar Cornelison
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Edgar Cornelison
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Edgar Cornelison
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Edgar Cornelison
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 279 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
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