Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Margaret Loucks, of Bracebridge, Ontario.
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Pilot Officer John Clarke Loucks
Grave marker inscription: Pilot Officer John C. Loucks R.C.A.F. 25th June 1943 There is a link death cannot sever. Love and Remembrance last forever.
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Pilot Officer John Clarke Loucks
Summerville WWII Plane Crash Memorial.
On June 25, 1943, a Ventura Mark II AJ186 crashed in Summerville, NS, killing all four aircrew:
Air Gunner, John Clarke Loucks, age 19,
Pilot George Cowie, age 21,
Wireless Air Gunner Arthur Mulcahy, age 24, and
Navigator Clifford Griffiths, age 29
The West Hants Historical Society led the memorial project and the monument was donated by Heritage Memorials Ltd, Halifax NS. The memorial is located at the Musgrove Road Cemetery, Summerville NS.
Photo taken during formal unveiling ceremony, June 25, 2023. Photo: Jack Loucks.
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Pilot Officer John Clarke Loucks
John Clarke Loucks, 1943. Loucks Family Collection.
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Pilot Officer John Clarke Loucks
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Clarke Loucks
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Clarke Loucks
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Clarke Loucks
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Clarke Loucks
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Grave marker inscription: Pilot Officer John C. Loucks R.C.A.F. 25th June 1943 There is a link death cannot sever. Love and Remembrance last forever.
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Summerville WWII Plane Crash Memorial. On June 25, 1943, a Ventura Mark II AJ186 crashed in Summerville, NS, killing all four aircrew: Air Gunner, John Clarke Loucks, age 19, Pilot George Cowie, age 21, Wireless Air Gunner Arthur Mulcahy, age 24, and Navigator Clifford Griffiths, age 29 The West Hants Historical Society led the memorial project and the monument was donated by Heritage Memorials Ltd, Halifax NS. The memorial is located at the Musgrove Road Cemetery, Summerville NS. Photo taken during formal unveiling ceremony, June 25, 2023. Photo: Jack Loucks.
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John Clarke Loucks, 1943. Loucks Family Collection.
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 183 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRACEBRIDGE (ST. THOMAS) ANGLICAN CHURCH CEM. Ontario, Canada
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