Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Newspaper clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

Memorial – Pilot Officer Hubert Joseph Linn is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Pilot Officer Hubert Joseph Linn 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

Grave marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of HUBERT JOSEPH LINN – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of HUBERT JOSEPH LINN – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Document – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Letter – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Letter – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Letter – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Document – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Correspondence – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Cemetery – Photo and excerpt of story used with permission of Soren Flensted at www.flensted.eu.com Airwar Over Denmark. Lancaster III LM 479 of 101 (RAF) Sqn took off 21:30 from their base Ludford Magna on an bombing raid to Stettin, Germany. There were 8 crew members on board: 4 RCAF and 4 RAF, and two of them were Air Bombers. On the return flight LM479 was attacked by a German night fighter and crashed at Dejbjerg. Apparently it exploded in the air and crashed in the fields belonging to Kjærgaard farm at 03:58 hours. A search for the crew remains was first conducted by the Wehrmacht and then a search was organized under the command of Captain Kisbye of C.B.U. in Herning and the remains collected were placed in four coffins and taken to the Dejbjerg cemetery where members of the resistance movement had dug a grave. On 14/9 1944 at 19:30 a ceremony was held by Vicar Hans Pedersen and the crew were laid to rest. They were: F/O (P) Thomas Foster RCAF F/S (N) Alfred R. Chalmers RCAF F/O (AB) Samuel A. Mackenzie RCAF P/O (AG/WO) Hubert J. Linn RCAF Sgt (FE) George F. Gibson, RAF P/O (AB) Cyril Cousin, RAF Sgt. (AG) Andrew Stewart, RAF W/O (AG) William Owen, RAF

Burial of Canadian Crew – Photo courtesy of www.flensted.eu.com