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John Aird McPhee

In memory of:

Pilot Officer John Aird McPhee

January 16, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

J/16505

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

61 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.

Additional Information


Son of John McPhee, and of Jessie G. McPhee, of Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Brother of Flight Sergeant Ewen Cameron McPhee, who died on December 17, 1942 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Commemorated on Page 193 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

1. F. 8.

Location:

The BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY is in the district of Charlottenburg, 8 kilometres west of the city centre, on the south side of the Heerstrasse. From Theodor Heuss Platz in the district of Charlottenburg near the exhibition hall complex and next to the Olympic stadium, follow signs for Spandau, proceeding along the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery lies on the Heerstrasse on the left hand side of the road and 3 kilometres from Theodor Heuss Platz. Visitors should drive beyond the BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY to the traffic lights, then turn left directly onto a small one way street running parallel to the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery entrance is on this small one way road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Grave marker– Temporary Grave Marker, LAC, Ottawa
  • Circumstances of death registers– Death and burial information, LAC, Ottawa
  • Letter– Letter of Recommendation, LAC, Ottawa
  • Letter– Letter of Recommendation, LAC, Ottawa
  • Letter– Letter of Recommendation, LAC, Ottawa
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer John Aird McPhee is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer John Aird McPhee 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
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star February 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star March 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star March 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Newspaper clipping– From the North Bay Nugget. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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