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Military service
Service number:
J/7433
Age:
31
Rank:
Squadron Leader
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
419 Sqdn.
Birth:
August 2, 1911
Guysborough, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
December 20, 1940
North Bay, Ontario
Death:
June 25, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
8. G. 6.
Additional information
Son of Arthur C. and C. Victoria L. Jost, of Guysborough, Nova Scotia. B.A. (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia); B.Sc. (University Penn State, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.).
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Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands<P>Halifax D147 was one of three No.419 Sqdn Halifaxes lost on this operation. The crew was airborne 2240 24Jun43 from Middleton St.George on a mission to Wuppertal, Germany. The aircraft was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed onto the Hammersveld near Herten (Limburg), Holland, where F/O Goodwin is buried in Kapel in the Roermond Roman Catholic Cemetery. His two comrades are now buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery, having been brought here from the temporary military cemetery at Venlo. The crew killed were: F/L (Pilot) B.N.Jost DFC, Sgt J.B.Johnson, and F/O R.O.E.Goodwin, all members of the RCAF and one member of the RNZAF, F/S A.W.A.Bruce. The following RAF crew members survived and were taken PoW: F/S L.Barker, Sgt R.E.Austin, Sgt R.E.Austin and Sgt E.B.Pope. (Source: //lostbombers.co.uk) -
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Squadron Leader Burton Norris Jost is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Squadron Leader Burton Norris Jost is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Squadron Leader Burton Norris Jost
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Burton Norris Jost
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Burton Norris Jost
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Burton Norris Jost
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Burton Norris Jost
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Burton Norris Jost
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Burton Norris Jost
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Burton Norris Jost
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Burton Norris Jost
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Page 175 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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