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Military service
Service number:
J36378
Age:
21
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
69 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
March 12, 1923
Briercrest, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
October 29, 1942
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
July 25, 1944
Overseas, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. F. 22.
Additional information
Son of Edward and Mary Agnes Askew, of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Richard Gainford Askew
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Memorial Bar
Memorial Bar forwarded by Minister of Veterans Affairs -
Photo of Richard Gainford Askew
A photograph of Richard Gainford Askew. His memory lives on through the stories told of his zest for life. We honour him for his incredible bravery in the defence of his country. -
Group Photo
Richard Gainford Askew and Ken Bates. The photograph was taken at Bournemouth, England in 1943. A book, Bournemouth and the Second World War 1939 - 1945, written by M.A. Edgington describes the history of the region and mentions Canadians who were in this town during the war. -
Grave marker
Cross at the grave of Flying Officer Richard Gainford Askew. -
Letter
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Photo of RICHARD GAINFORD ASKEW
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Letter
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School Records
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Newspaper Clipping
The newspaper announcement: "Previously Missing on Active Service, Now for Official Purposes Presumed Dead" Askew, Richard Gainford, FO., J36378; Mr. Edward Askew (father), 511 Ominica St. East, Moose Jaw. Tattered, anguished. Over the decades this scrap of newsprint has travelled all across Canada with the family of (Dick) R.G. Askew as they relocated for various reasons. It passed from hand to hand and across generations, a fragile link between the past and present, a symbol of "Lest We Forget" . -
Letter
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Newspaper Clipping
A poem written by Margaret Complin of Regina and published in a local newspaper as a tribute to the Air Force was modified slightly with some handwritten words by one of Richard Gainford Askew's family members to make it more relevant to Richard's experience. The poem was saved along with other memorabilia about Richard. -
Letter
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Memorial card
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Letter of Condolonces
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Letter
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Operational Wings
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Certificate
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Letter
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Photo of Richard Gainford Askew
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Photo of Richard Gainford Askew
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Photo of RICHARD GAINFORD ASKEW
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Training
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Training
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Letter
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Letter
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Letter
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Letter
Page 2 of letter dated 18th December 1945. -
Letter
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Letter of Condolonces
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Entrance
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Grave marker
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Richard Gainford Askew
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Richard Gainford Askew
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Richard Gainford Askew
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Richard Gainford Askew
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 239 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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