This street is named in memory of Flying Officer John Callingham.
John Callingham joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941. He started his aircrew training in December of the same year and was presented with his Bomb Aimer wings in 1943. He sailed for England in October 1943 and soon after, completed his training at an operational training unit and heavy conversion unit. Flying Officer Callingham was then transferred to No. 578 Squadron, RAF located at Burn, Yorkshire. Having previously completed 5 operations, his aircrew was flying a mission to bomb an oil refinery at Gelsenkirchen, Germany when they were shot down on 11 September 1944. Captured by the German military, they were transported by train to Frankfurt and eventually to a prisoner of war camp (Stalag Luft VII) at Kluczbork/Kreuzburg, Poland. They remained there until mid-January 1945 at which time the Soviet advance forced the Germans to move the prisoners by road and rail to Luckenwalde, south of Berlin. In early May 1945, American troops liberated the prisoner of war camp and the prisoners were returned to England. John Callingham returned to Canada in the autumn of 1945 and was transferred to the RCAF Reserve on 31 October.
