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Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Navigator Gordon Winston Knupp
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Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Gordon Winston Knupp
Vespera Cenotaph-Barrie, Ontario
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Gordon Winston Knupp
This report appeared on page 1 of the Barrie Examiner newspaper (Barrie, Ontario) on 18 May 1944. F/L Knupp was the navigator in a Lancaster bomber of 405 (City of Vancouver) Squadron, in Bomber Command's elite Pathfinder Force, that was shot down at Chievres, Belgium, during a night raid against Haine St. Pierre, Belgium.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Gordon Winston Knupp
This picture of Flight Lieutenant Gordon W. Knupp, Royal Canadian Air Force, appeared in the Barrie Examiner newspaper (Barrie, Ontario) at page 1 on 18 May 1944.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Gordon Winston Knupp
Barrie street named in honour of Flight Lieutenant Navigator Gordon Winston Knupp with a poppy.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Gordon Winston Knupp
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Gordon Winston Knupp
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Gordon Winston Knupp is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Gordon Winston Knupp
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Gordon Winston Knupp is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Gordon Winston Knupp
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Gordon Winston Knupp
L-R Carson, Winston, Yvonne and Vona. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Gordon Winston Knupp
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Gordon Winston Knupp
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Gordon Winston Knupp
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Gordon Winston Knupp
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Gordon Winston Knupp
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Gordon Winston Knupp
Each year in Barrie, Ontario, in about October and November, banners commemorating local war dead are displayed. Pictured here is a banner in memory of Flight Lieutenant G. Winston Knupp. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2020.)
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Gordon Winston Knupp
From the Barrie Examiner c. 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Vespera Cenotaph-Barrie, Ontario
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This report appeared on page 1 of the Barrie Examiner newspaper (Barrie, Ontario) on 18 May 1944. F/L Knupp was the navigator in a Lancaster bomber of 405 (City of Vancouver) Squadron, in Bomber Command's elite Pathfinder Force, that was shot down at Chievres, Belgium, during a night raid against Haine St. Pierre, Belgium.
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This picture of Flight Lieutenant Gordon W. Knupp, Royal Canadian Air Force, appeared in the Barrie Examiner newspaper (Barrie, Ontario) at page 1 on 18 May 1944.
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Barrie street named in honour of Flight Lieutenant Navigator Gordon Winston Knupp with a poppy.
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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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Flight Lieutenant Navigator Gordon Winston Knupp is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Lieutenant Navigator Gordon Winston Knupp is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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L-R Carson, Winston, Yvonne and Vona. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Each year in Barrie, Ontario, in about October and November, banners commemorating local war dead are displayed. Pictured here is a banner in memory of Flight Lieutenant G. Winston Knupp. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2020.)
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From the Barrie Examiner c. 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 354 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CHIEVRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY Belgium
CHIEVRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY is located 15 km north west of Mons on the N525 a road leading from the N56 connecting Mons to Ath. From Mons the N56 Chaussee de Mons leads for 22 Km to the left hand turning onto the N525 Grande Rue. 2 Km along the N525 lies the village of Chievres. The cemetery is located immediately before entering the village on the right hand side of the Grande Rue.
Visitors should note that this site is restricted to normal cemetery opening hours.
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