Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Andrew Nesbit McIntyre and Kathleen Mary McIntyre, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre
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Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre
Kamloops Cenotaph, Memorial Park, Battle Street and 2nd Avenue, Kamloops, British Columbia. Includes honour roll tablets listing 189 names for World War I and 92 names for World War II. Unveiled on May 24th, 1925. Inscribed: C.E.F. - NOR TIME NOR TIDE CAN EVER EFFACE THE MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands<P>
Stirling aircraft was airborne 1906 2Oct42 from Lakenheath and was shot down by a night-fighter, crashing at 2132 at Kronenberg (Limburg) 13 km WNW of Venlo, Holland, where the crew were initially buried. They were subsequently re-interred in Jonkerbos War Cemetery. The pilot was S/L W.R.Greenslade DFC AFC MiD, from Youngstown, Alberta. who had joined the RAF.
Sgt. McIntyre was the only other Canadian on board. The RAF crew members killed were: Sgt M.K.Smith; Sgt F.L.Hughes; Sgt E.L.Moore; F/S W.Orange; and Sgt B.F.Goldsmith.
(Source: //lostbombers.co.uk)
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre
Kamloops Cenotaph, British Columbia. Detail of the Tablet listing names for World War II.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre
Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre
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 Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre
Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre
Memorial for the crew of Short Stirling R9167 with call code OJ-N which crashed in the village of Kronenberg in The Netherlands on October 2nd 1942. All crew members lost their lives. Amongst them was Sergeant Air Observer Robert Francis McIntyre from Vancouver. The memorial was unveiled on October 7th 2017 in Kronenberg - The Netherlands.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre
In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Kamloops Cenotaph, Memorial Park, Battle Street and 2nd Avenue, Kamloops, British Columbia. Includes honour roll tablets listing 189 names for World War I and 92 names for World War II. Unveiled on May 24th, 1925. Inscribed: C.E.F. - NOR TIME NOR TIDE CAN EVER EFFACE THE MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD.
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Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands<P> Stirling aircraft was airborne 1906 2Oct42 from Lakenheath and was shot down by a night-fighter, crashing at 2132 at Kronenberg (Limburg) 13 km WNW of Venlo, Holland, where the crew were initially buried. They were subsequently re-interred in Jonkerbos War Cemetery. The pilot was S/L W.R.Greenslade DFC AFC MiD, from Youngstown, Alberta. who had joined the RAF. Sgt. McIntyre was the only other Canadian on board. The RAF crew members killed were: Sgt M.K.Smith; Sgt F.L.Hughes; Sgt E.L.Moore; F/S W.Orange; and Sgt B.F.Goldsmith. (Source: //lostbombers.co.uk)
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Kamloops Cenotaph, British Columbia. Detail of the Tablet listing names for World War II.
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Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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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 Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Memorial for the crew of Short Stirling R9167 with call code OJ-N which crashed in the village of Kronenberg in The Netherlands on October 2nd 1942. All crew members lost their lives. Amongst them was Sergeant Air Observer Robert Francis McIntyre from Vancouver. The memorial was unveiled on October 7th 2017 in Kronenberg - The Netherlands.
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From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY Netherlands
The town of Nijmegen is 16 km south of Arnhem. JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY is 4 km south west of Nijmegen, 1 km south of the main Grave-Nijmegen road. Folowing the A73 exit at the junction Nijmegen Wijchen taking following directions to Nijmegen along the A32b entering Nijmegen on the Graafseweg. On reaching the Industrieterrein a Commission signpost directs visitors to turn left onto the Weg Door Jonkerbos. Shortly after appears a further signpost showing the left hand turning onto Oude Mollenhutseweg. The JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY is located on 150 metres after entering the Oude Mollenhutseweg on the right hand side of the road.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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