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Son of Christie and Katherine Schimmens, of Pembroke, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens
Photo of WO2 Schimmens courtesy of his sister, Doris Turner, Gananoque, Ontario.<P>
He was killed April 10, 1944 while completing his training at #24 Operational Training Unit, Honeybourne, Worcestershire. The crew was on board Whitley aircraft Z-1963 and were on a night cross-country training exercise when their aircraft failed to return to base.<P>
The following Canadians were members of the crew:<P>
Sgt. (P) Frederick C. Smith, age 26, from Toronto<BR>
Sgt. (N) Thos. W. Mechefske, of Guelph.<BR>
F.Sgt.(AG) Robt. F. Reaume, age 20, from Windsor<BR>
F/O (BA) Geo. J. Palsen, age 19, from Ottawa<BR>
Their names are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.<P>
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens
Photo of WO2 Schimmens (bottom left) and unidentified crew members.
Courtesy of his sister, Doris Turner, Gananoque, Ontario.
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens
Petawawa Post
Clipping pg 1
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens
Petawawa Post
pg 2 with photo
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens
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
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Image gallery
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Photo of WO2 Schimmens courtesy of his sister, Doris Turner, Gananoque, Ontario.<P> He was killed April 10, 1944 while completing his training at #24 Operational Training Unit, Honeybourne, Worcestershire. The crew was on board Whitley aircraft Z-1963 and were on a night cross-country training exercise when their aircraft failed to return to base.<P> The following Canadians were members of the crew:<P> Sgt. (P) Frederick C. Smith, age 26, from Toronto<BR> Sgt. (N) Thos. W. Mechefske, of Guelph.<BR> F.Sgt.(AG) Robt. F. Reaume, age 20, from Windsor<BR> F/O (BA) Geo. J. Palsen, age 19, from Ottawa<BR> Their names are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.<P>
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Photo of WO2 Schimmens (bottom left) and unidentified crew members. Courtesy of his sister, Doris Turner, Gananoque, Ontario.
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Petawawa Post Clipping pg 1
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Petawawa Post pg 2 with photo
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Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. 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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Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens is also 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
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 437 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.
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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