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John Douglas Hogg

In memory of:

Pilot Officer John Douglas Hogg

October 15, 1944
Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Military Service

Service Number:

J/95086

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

432 Sqdn.

Citation(s):

1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp.

Additional Information

Born:

December 13, 1921
Thamesford, Ontario

Enlistment:

August 11, 1942
Toronto, Ontario

Son of the late Harry Douglas and Addie Jean (née Kirk) Hogg. Brother of Ronald, George, Norma, Doris and Annie.

Commemorated on Page 337 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

SAGE WAR CEMETERY
Germany

Grave Reference:

Coll. grave 3. C. 4-6.

Location:

Sage is a village 24 km south of Oldenburg, a town 43 km west of Bremen and 28 km north of the main road from Bremen to Holland. The cemetery lies 2 km south of the village on the west side of the road to Osnabruck. From the A1 Bremen/Munster motorway visitors should leave at the Wildeshousen Nord junction and take 213 following signs for Alhorn and Oldenburg. After 8 km and immediately after the village of Alhorn turn right at the roundabout and follow signs for Oldenburg along the Oldenburgerstrasse. The cemetery lies on the left hand side of the road 4 km from Alhorn.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Pilot Officer John Douglas Hogg is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer John Douglas Hogg is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer John Douglas Hogg is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer John Douglas Hogg 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

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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
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    Id Card – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of JOHN DOUGLAS HOGG– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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  • Grave marker– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Grave marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Biography– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Biography – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of John Douglas Hogg– Joined the Air Force on August 11, 1942, trained at #4 Bombing and Gunnery School, Fingal, #4 Air Observers School, London and graduated as a Wireless Air Gunner at #3 Air Gunnery School, Three Rivers. Posted to Britain in April 1944 and joined #432 Squadron, Bomber Command. His Halifax was shot down during a raid on Wilhemshaven.

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    Photo of John Douglas Hogg
    Photo of John Douglas Hogg – Joined the Air Force on August 11, 1942, trained at #4 Bombing and Gunnery School, Fingal, #4 Air Observers School, London and graduated as a Wireless Air Gunner at #3 Air Gunnery School, Three Rivers. Posted to Britain in April 1944 and joined #432 Squadron, Bomber Command. His Halifax was shot down during a raid on Wilhemshaven.

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