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Military service
Service number:
R/125729
Age:
26
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
April 10, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 254. .
Additional information
Son of Christie and Katherine Schimmens, of Pembroke, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens
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Photo of Roy Schimmens
Photo of WO2 Schimmens courtesy of his sister, Doris Turner, Gananoque, Ontario.<P> He was killed April 10, 1944 while completing his training at #24 Operational Training Unit, Honeybourne, Worcestershire. The crew was on board Whitley aircraft Z-1963 and were on a night cross-country training exercise when their aircraft failed to return to base.<P> The following Canadians were members of the crew:<P> Sgt. (P) Frederick C. Smith, age 26, from Toronto<BR> Sgt. (N) Thos. W. Mechefske, of Guelph.<BR> F.Sgt.(AG) Robt. F. Reaume, age 20, from Windsor<BR> F/O (BA) Geo. J. Palsen, age 19, from Ottawa<BR> Their names are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.<P> -
Group Photo
Photo of WO2 Schimmens (bottom left) and unidentified crew members. Courtesy of his sister, Doris Turner, Gananoque, Ontario. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
Petawawa Post Clipping pg 1 -
Newspaper Clipping
Petawawa Post pg 2 with photo -
Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of ROY FREDRICK SCHIMMENS
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Fredrick Schimmens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 437 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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