Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of John Ernest Jack Gloeckler – Photo from RCAF record

Letter – Letter to P/O Gloeckler's mother explaining how long the crew had been missing in action.

Cemetery – Photo courtesy Regis Biaux,France, and Pierre Vandervelden, Belgium, of www.inmemories.com On 31 July 1944, the crew of Halifax LV 950 was airborne at 2151 from their base at RAF Leeming on a mission to attack the V-1 Site at Couqereaux. They failed to return from the operation and later word was received through the International Red Cross that the aircraft had crashed behind German lines and all the crew were killed. They rest together in a plot in the St-Martin-au-Bosc Communal Cemetery. They were: P/Os John R. Irish (P); John A. Santo (N); Hugh B. Gilmore (AG); P/O (AG) Gordon Lindensmith (AG) F/Os (WAG) Wm. J. Wright (WAG); John E. Gloeckler (BA) and RAF P/O Reg. T. Walsham (FE).

Grave Marker – Photo of grave marker courtesy of Kelvin Youngs, Aircrew Remembered

Letter – Translation of letter written by Italian POW who helped bury the bodies of the crew of Halifax LV 950 in the St. Martin-au-Bosc Communal Cemetery. He had found a letter from Miss DeLong, fiancee of P/O Gloeckler. in the pocket of his uniform and wanted to give her more detail of the crash. (page 1)

Letter – Translation of letter written by Italian POW (page 2). A government interpreter also translated Miss De Long's reply to him.

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

Memorial – Flying Officer John Ernest Jack Gloeckler is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Flying Officer John Ernest Jack Gloeckler is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me