Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John Maxwell Rankin
In memory of:
Sergeant John Maxwell Rankin
September 24, 1942
Ellesø Mose, Kruså, Denmark
Military Service
R/62139
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
405 Sqdn.
Additional Information
Son of Joseph and Jane Stevenson Rankin, of Paddockwood, Saskatchewan.
Commemorated on Page 108 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
AABENRAA CEMETERY
Denmark
Allied Military Plot. Row 2. 10.
Aabenra is in Jutland, on the main road from Germany into Denmark, about 24 kilometres north of the frontier. It is about 105 kilometres from the port of Esbjerg. AABENRAA CEMETERY is on the western side of the town. The 1939-45 Plot is on the left-hand side of the main path towards the rear of the cemetery.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Memorial – Sergeant John Maxwell Rankin is 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 – Sergeant John Maxwell Rankin is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Monument to the crew of HAL W1274 erected at Ellesø Hede (Moor) unveiled by the Historical Society of Vis District on 23 September 2006, 64 years after the crash.
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