Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John Gordon Holmes
In memory of:
Flight Sergeant John Gordon Holmes
July 7, 1942
Military Service
Service Number:
R/68171
Force:
Air Force
Unit:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
419 Sqdn.
Additional Information
Commemorated on Page 82 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page.
Burial Information
Cemetery:
UPAVON CHURCH CEMETERY
Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Grave Reference:
Row C. Grave 4.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Memorial – Flight Sergeant John Gordon Holmes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Flight Sergeant John Gordon Holmes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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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 -
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Photo of John Gordon Holmes – Graduated as a Wireless Air Gunner at the Final Bombing and Gunnery School in May 1941 and arrived in England in June. His Wellinton bomber of #419 Moose Squadron was returning from a mine laying mission to Lorient, France when it crashed in bad weather.
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