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Military service
Service number:
J/22434
Age:
27
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
640 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Birth:
January 28, 1917
Newmarket, Ontario
Enlistment:
February 16, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
May 13, 1944
Overseas, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IVa. E. 43.
Additional information
Son of Albert Herbert and Lee Mary Atkins, of Newmarket, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer John Ivan Atkins
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Newspaper Clipping
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Group photo
J 'Ivan' Atkins (on left) navigator and flight crew of the future 640 Squadron in front of a Wellington Bomber at Lossiemouth, UK on November 26th, 1943. -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 and 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer John Ivan Atkins is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer John Ivan Atkins 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 -
Photo of JOHN IVAN ATKINS
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Ivan Atkins
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Ivan Atkins
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Ivan Atkins
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Ivan Atkins
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Ivan Atkins
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 240 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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