Profile image
Military service
Service number:
J/88694
Age:
23
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
57 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
April 10, 1944
Jellinge, Denmark
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave A. 7. 24.
Additional information
Son of Ralph H. and Edna Ray Quinn, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Harold Edward Quinn
-
Cemetery
Photo and excerpt of story courtesy Air War Over Denmark www.flensted.eu.com<P> Lancaster III JB725 of 57 (RAF) Sqn. took off 21:23 from its base at East Kirkby on a Gardening (Mining) operation in the Baltic Sea.<P> On its way to the target area JB725 was attacked by a German night fighter while flying at 4000 metres altitude. The Lancaster caught fire, exploded in the air and crashed to the ground south of the village of Jelling at 23:48 hours killing the whole crew.<P> On 15/4 1944 the remains of the crew was laid to rest in one grave in Fourfelt cemetery in Esbjerg.<P> The crew were: P/O (BA) Harold Quinn RCAF, P/O Jack Finch RAAF, F/Sgt Albert I. Rands RAAF, and RAF Sgts John G. Robson, Robert Smedley, Harry B. West, and Francis J.H. Garrick. -
Memorial
Photo of memorial stone erected neaar crash site. Courtesy of Air War Over Denmark www.flensted.eu.com -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Harold Edward Quinn is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Harold Edward Quinn 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 HAROLD EDWARD QUINN
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Other
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold Edward Quinn
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold Edward Quinn
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold Edward Quinn
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold Edward Quinn
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold Edward Quinn
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold Edward Quinn
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold Edward Quinn
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 422 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Request this page
Download this page
ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY Denmark
Esbjerg is a port in south-western Jutland. ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY is about 3 kilometres to the north of the town, off the road to Hjerting, along the Gravlundvej.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The Poppy Design is a trademark of The Royal Canadian Legion (Dominion Command) and is used with permission. Click here to learn more about the poppy.
Did we miss something?
Contribute information to this commemorative page
Do you have photographs, information or a correction relating to this individual’s virtual memorial? Learn more about the CVWM and the information we collect.