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Son of William Uriah Patience, and of Mary Emma Patience, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Lorne Patience
The Toronto Star, February 27, 1945, page 5
Additional information re tragic mid-air crash:
On the night of Mary 27/28, 1944, the crew of Halifax III LV-831 in 427 Squadron were among a force of 117 Halifaxes and 32 Lancasters from 6 Group sent on an attack of the military camp at Bourg Leopold. All were killed after colliding with MZ-295 of 429 Squadron, both machines crashing at Baisy-Thy (Brabant), 2 km SSE of Genappe, Belgium.
P/O Patience and three other crew members are buried in the Heverlee War Cemetery. The RCAF crew are:
P/O (N) Norman D. L. Stephenson, age 20, from Vancouver, B.C.
P/O (BA) Roy Douglas Ford, age 23, from Stratford, Ont.
P/O (WAG) John Francis Brown, age 23, from Thorold, Ont.
The pilot, P/O Frank G. Devereaux, age 22, from Seaforth, Ont. is buried in the Baisy-Thy Communal Cemetery, Brabant, Belgium.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Lorne Patience
The Toronto Star, February 27, 1945, page 5
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Lorne Patience
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Lorne Patience
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Lorne Patience
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Lorne Patience
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Lorne Patience
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Lorne Patience
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Lorne Patience
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Lorne Patience
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
Pilot Officer Kenneth Lorne Patience
Pilot Officer Kenneth Lorne Patience is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Lorne Patience
Pilot Officer Kenneth Lorne Patience is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Lorne Patience
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Lorne Patience
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Lorne Patience
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Lorne Patience
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Lorne Patience
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Lorne Patience
From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Lorne Patience
Flight Sergeant John Douglas Gallagher........From the Toronto Telegram June 1944........
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Lorne Patience
From the Toronto Telegram February 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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The Toronto Star, February 27, 1945, page 5 Additional information re tragic mid-air crash: On the night of Mary 27/28, 1944, the crew of Halifax III LV-831 in 427 Squadron were among a force of 117 Halifaxes and 32 Lancasters from 6 Group sent on an attack of the military camp at Bourg Leopold. All were killed after colliding with MZ-295 of 429 Squadron, both machines crashing at Baisy-Thy (Brabant), 2 km SSE of Genappe, Belgium. P/O Patience and three other crew members are buried in the Heverlee War Cemetery. The RCAF crew are: P/O (N) Norman D. L. Stephenson, age 20, from Vancouver, B.C. P/O (BA) Roy Douglas Ford, age 23, from Stratford, Ont. P/O (WAG) John Francis Brown, age 23, from Thorold, Ont. The pilot, P/O Frank G. Devereaux, age 22, from Seaforth, Ont. is buried in the Baisy-Thy Communal Cemetery, Brabant, Belgium.
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The Toronto Star, February 27, 1945, page 5
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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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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Pilot Officer Kenneth Lorne Patience is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Kenneth Lorne Patience is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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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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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Flight Sergeant John Douglas Gallagher........From the Toronto Telegram June 1944........
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From the Toronto Telegram February 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 412 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY Belgium
HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY is located 30 km from Brussels and 3 km south of Leuven.
Turn left out of Leuven railway station onto the Tiensevest(ring road R 23). Follow the Tiensevest through the junctions Tiensepoort and Parkpoort and along the Naamsepoort.
Turn left at the Naamsepoort onto the Naamsesteenweg (N251) signposted Namen, Waver & Heverlee. Continue until you cross the railway line at Heverlee and take the first left turn into the Hertogstraat. Follow Hertogstraat to the end and turn right at the Sport Hall onto the Kerpelstraat. Continue down the Kerpelstraat until you come to a crossroads at which the HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY is located.
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