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Son of Robert and Wilhemina McLaughlin, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander McLaughlin
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Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander McLaughlin
The Toronto Star May 14, 1945, page 9.
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Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander McLaughlin
P/O. McLaughlin was Air Gunner on Lancaster ND 868 with 106 (RAF) Squadron. The mission on September 23/24, 1944, was to bomb the Dortmund-Ems canal. On 23 Sept 44, the crew were airborne 1930 from their home base in Metheringham, Lincolnshire, and crashed around 2245 near Schierloh, where the crew was buried in a field. Of the 136 Lancasters on the raid, 14 were lost, or more than 10 per cent.
F/L S. H. Jones was taken Prisoner of War. The other crew members, with F/S McLaughlin, were exhumed and reburied in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany. They are:
P/O (BA) Henry Shepherd, age 21, from Toronto;
F/O (N) Gerald G. Bryan, age 23, from Lockwood, Sask.
F/Sgt. (AG) John F. Clarke, age 22, from Vancouver; and 3 RAF crew:
F/O (P) James Isaac, age 31; Sgt. (FE) David Levene, age 36;
Sgt. (WAG) Richard H. Julian, age 21.
[Sources: //raf.mod.uk; //lostbombers.co.uk; CWGC; They Shall Grow Not Old, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba.]
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Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander McLaughlin
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 Alexander McLaughlin
Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander McLaughlin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander McLaughlin
Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander McLaughlin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander McLaughlin
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Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander McLaughlin
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander McLaughlin
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander McLaughlin
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander McLaughlin
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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The Toronto Star May 14, 1945, page 9.
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P/O. McLaughlin was Air Gunner on Lancaster ND 868 with 106 (RAF) Squadron. The mission on September 23/24, 1944, was to bomb the Dortmund-Ems canal. On 23 Sept 44, the crew were airborne 1930 from their home base in Metheringham, Lincolnshire, and crashed around 2245 near Schierloh, where the crew was buried in a field. Of the 136 Lancasters on the raid, 14 were lost, or more than 10 per cent. F/L S. H. Jones was taken Prisoner of War. The other crew members, with F/S McLaughlin, were exhumed and reburied in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany. They are: P/O (BA) Henry Shepherd, age 21, from Toronto; F/O (N) Gerald G. Bryan, age 23, from Lockwood, Sask. F/Sgt. (AG) John F. Clarke, age 22, from Vancouver; and 3 RAF crew: F/O (P) James Isaac, age 31; Sgt. (FE) David Levene, age 36; Sgt. (WAG) Richard H. Julian, age 21. [Sources: //raf.mod.uk; //lostbombers.co.uk; CWGC; They Shall Grow Not Old, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba.]
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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 Alexander McLaughlin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander McLaughlin 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
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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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Page 389 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Germany
The REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY is located 5 km south west of Kleve. From Kleve the cemetery is located, using the Hoffmannallee from the Town Centre, which becomes the Materbornerallee. This road enters Reichswald Forest and becomes the Grunewaldstrasse. Follow direction Gennep, entering Reichswald Forest the cemetery is situated 500 metres on the left.
Alternatively from the motorway 57, take exit Kleve/Goch, which leads onto the 9 N road in the direction towards Kleve. After 3 km turn left on to the 504 direction Kranenburg. Reichswald cemetery is clearly signposted on the 504 at cross roads Grunewald. REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY is situated on the Grunewald Strasse direction Kleve on the right, 3 km from cross roads Grunewald.
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