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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
J/18167
Age:
21
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
427 Sqdn.
Birth:
April 2, 1922
Transcona, Manitoba
Enlistment:
October 18, 1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
March 31, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
14. E. 2.
Additional information
Son of Thomas L. Shannon and Katherine Eleanor (nee Armstrong) of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Brother of Angus Kathleen and Edith Clara.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Robert Albert Shannon
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Flying Officer Robert Albert Shannon is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Robert Albert Shannon 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 -
Casualty Notification
Casualty Notification -
Grave Marker
Bob Shannon's grave in Rheinberg (corrected spelling) -
Photo
Bob's mother, Kathleen (Kate). A survivor at a time when it wasn't easy. -
Photo of Robert Alfred Shannon
Son of Kathleen Shannon, nee Armstrong -
Group Photo
Bob with siblings -
Grave Marker
grave in Rheinberg. -
Details of the Crash
detail of shootdown. -
Letter
Provincial recognition of native son's sacrifice in defense of his country. -
Photo of ROBERT ALFRED SHANNON
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ROBERT ALFRED SHANNON
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Albert Shannon
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Albert Shannon
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Albert Shannon
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Albert Shannon
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Albert Shannon
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Albert Shannon
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Albert Shannon
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Albert Shannon
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Albert Shannon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 440 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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