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Military service
Service number:
J/17043
Age:
34
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
419 Sqdn.
Death:
September 29, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 175.
Additional information
Son of William W. and Adelaide A. Symons, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. B.A. (Manitoba).
Digital gallery of Flying Officer John Ritchie Symons
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Entrance
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Runnymede Memorial
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Runnymede Memorial
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Inscription
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Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer John Ritchie Symons is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer John Ritchie Symons is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Ritchie Symons
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Ritchie Symons
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Ritchie Symons
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Ritchie Symons
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Ritchie Symons
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Ritchie Symons
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Ritchie Symons
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Ritchie Symons
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Ritchie Symons
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 218 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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