Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Identification – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of JOHN EDWARD SWANSON – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Service Book – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Document – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Correspondence – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Correspondence – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Correspondence – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Cross of Sacrifice – Photo of Cross of Sacrifice in the Palsjo War Cemetery Courtesy of Carin Olofsson, http://www.hembygdshistoria.se/palsjo/cw2.htm

Grave Marker – Photo of grave marker courtesy of Carin Olofsson, http://www.hembygdshistoria.se/palsjo/cw2.htm Lancaster LL757 of 101 (RAF) Sqn was ABC equipped on 30Apr 44. It took part in the following Key Operations: Duisburg 21/22 May 44; Homburg 20/21 Jul 44; Kiel 23/24 Jul 44; Stuttgart 28/29 Jul 44; Fonteney-le-Marmion (Tactical) 7/8 Aug 44 (nine-man crew); Stettin 29/30 Aug 44-Lost. The aircraft was airborne 2119 29 Aug 44 from Ludford Magna on a mission to Stettin, Germany, from which it failed to return. No crash site reported. All are buried in Halsingborg (Palsjo) Municipal Cemetery in Sweden. F/O J.E.Swanson RCAF, Navigator, was the only Canadian member of the crew. The RAF crew were: F/L W.A.McL B.Stewart, P/O F.A.Pocock, Sgt J.S.Wood, F/S K.Stephenson Sgt W.G.Rasey (ABC), Sgt A.E.Muat, and F/S J.Kennedy. LL757 was one of three 101 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. (Information from www.lostbombers.co.uk)

Cemetery – Photo of Palsjo War Cemetery courtesy of Carin Olofsson, http://www.hembygdshistoria.se/palsjo/cw2.htm

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

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

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