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Military service
Service number:
37965
Age:
29
Rank:
Wing Commander
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Death:
August 5, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
23. D. 11.
Additional information
Son of Frederick Spenser and Elizabeth Finch Dunlevie of Ottawa, Ontario. Husband of Dorothy Margaret Dunlevie.
Digital gallery of Wing Commander John Sydney Dunlevie
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Memorial
St Matthew's Anglican Church, Ottawa -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of John Sydney Dunlevie
Wing Commander John Sidney Dunlevie was killed in 1944. (portrait by Yousuf Karsh) Here is a short bio: Born in Ottawa, John Sidney Dunlevie joined the Royal Air Force in the U.K. in June, 1936. After initial training in England he was sent to Egypt for advanced training, gaining his wings in 1937. From there he went to Iraq, serving with a bomber squadron until a crash cut short his tour, his injuries necessitating a return to the U.K. On the outbreak of the Second World War he was serving with a communication squadron, but transferred to Bomber Command in the autumn of 1941, flying Blenheims. In October of that year he was posted to Malta, returning to England in the Spring of the following year, then to Canada as an instructor. March 1944 saw his return to the U.K., where he converted to Mosquito fighter bombers. He died on a training flight in Mosquito HP848, crashing into trees while low flying, his navigator also perishing in the crash.
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Sydney Dunlevie
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Sydney Dunlevie
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Sydney Dunlevie
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Sydney Dunlevie
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Sydney Dunlevie
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Sydney Dunlevie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 607 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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