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Military service
Service number:
J/95086
Age:
22
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
432 Sqdn.
Birth:
December 13, 1921
Thamesford, Ontario
Enlistment:
August 11, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 15, 1944
Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 3. C. 4-6.
Additional information
Son of the late Harry Douglas and Addie Jean (née Kirk) Hogg. Brother of Ronald, George, Norma, Doris and Annie.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer John Douglas Hogg
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Photo of John Douglas Hogg
Joined the Air Force on August 11, 1942, trained at #4 Bombing and Gunnery School, Fingal, #4 Air Observers School, London and graduated as a Wireless Air Gunner at #3 Air Gunnery School, Three Rivers. Posted to Britain in April 1944 and joined #432 Squadron, Bomber Command. His Halifax was shot down during a raid on Wilhemshaven. -
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Biography
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Memorial
Pilot Officer John Douglas Hogg is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer John Douglas Hogg is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
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 John Douglas Hogg
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Douglas Hogg
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Douglas Hogg
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Douglas Hogg
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Douglas Hogg
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Douglas Hogg
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Douglas Hogg
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Douglas Hogg
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 337 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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