Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Robert Joseph Fitzpatrick
In memory of:
Pilot Officer Robert Joseph Fitzpatrick
May 13, 1944
Military Service
J/87097
31
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
426 Sqdn.
Additional Information
Son of Fredrick and Sarah Fitzpatrick; husband of Eva Farrell Fitzpatrick.
Canadian crew members Flying Officer Robert J. Fitzpatrick, J-87097, Sergeant James H. Jones, J-90284 and Sergeant Kenneth W. Drumm, J-94303 of the 426 Squadron Halifax Bomber No. 883 "OE-E" shot down on 13 May 1944 by a German Messerschmitt over Londerzeel, Belgium are commemorated on a plaque located on the wall of the town church.
Commemorated on Page 158 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY
Belgium
X. 18. 28.
BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY is located in the north east corner of Brussels in the district of Evere. Follow the E40 Brussels-Luik road in the direction of Brussels and leave at junction 19 signposted Woluwe and Evere. Follow the sign Evere to the right and continue 500 M along the Avenue des Communautes to the first set of traffic lights. Go straight ahead here and down the Avenue Ciceron to turn left around the roundabout at the bottom of the road. The entrance to the BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY is then on your right. Follow the main avenue through the cemetery as far as you can go and the Commission plot is on your left.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Memorial – Pilot officer Robert Joseph Fitzpatrick is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Pilot officer Robert Joseph Fitzpatrick is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – 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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Memorial – These are photo's of the memorial of the Halifax crash site in Londerzeel. The memorial was inaugurated in 2000 by our mayor De Borger. -
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Identification – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Robert Joseph Fitzpatrick – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Correspondence – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Robert Joseph Fitzpatrick – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Plaque at Evere Cemetery -
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Gravemarker
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