Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Flight Lieutenant John Gillespie Kirkpatrick is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Photo of JOHN GILLESPIE KIRKPATRICK – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Id Card – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Grave marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Group Photo – Submitted for Harry Denison, the only survivor of the Halifax bomber NP799 that crashed on March 5th 1945. Pictured from L to R are Jack (John) Kirkpatrick., Roald Gunderson, Harry Denison, Jack (John) Larson, Bud (Roy) Stillinger, and Bob (Robert) Fennel. Submitted by Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – Photo from The Red Deer Advocate 14 Mar 1945 From //lostbombers.co.uk: NP799 was one of four No.426 Sqdn Halifaxes lost on operation to Chemnitz. It was airborne at 1645 on 5 Mar 45 from Linton-on-Ouse and shot down by a night-fighter. Crash-site not established. RAF Sgt. I. Giles has no known grave and his name is engraved on the Runnymede Memorial. The six Canadian airman are buried in the Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery. They are: F/L J. G. Kirkpatrick; F/O R. E. Fennell; F/O R. E. Stillinger; WO1 J. A. Larson; F/S R.B.Gunderson. The sole survivor, F/S W. H. Denison, was confined in Hospital due injuries until Liberation.

Newspaper clipping – Obituary from The Red Deer Advocate 14 Mar 1945