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Gerald Patrick McKenna

In memory of:

Flight Lieutenant Gerald Patrick McKenna

December 19, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

J/23045

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

162 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of Arthur P. and Margaret McKenna, of Milford, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 388 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

REYKJAVIK (FOSSVOGUR) CEMETERY
Iceland

Grave Reference:

C49. 23.

Location:

Reykjavik is in the south-western part of the island and the REYKJAVIK (FOSSVOGUR)CEMETERY lies south of the town on the road to Hafnarfjordur.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of GERALD PATRICK MCKENNA– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of GERALD PATRICK MCKENNA – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Photo of GERALD PATRICK MCKENNA – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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  • Funeral– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Funeral – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Gerald P. McKenna– Gerald Patrick McKenna, Picton Ontario

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    Photo of Gerald P. McKenna – Gerald Patrick McKenna, Picton Ontario
  • Photo of Terry, Gerald, and Frank McKenna, 1943– Gerald Patrick McKenna (centre), brothers Terrence McKenna (to his right) and Frances Arthur McKenna (to his left). Milford Ontario.

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    Photo of Terry, Gerald, and Frank McKenna, 1943 – Gerald Patrick McKenna (centre), brothers Terrence McKenna (to his right) and Frances Arthur McKenna (to his left). Milford Ontario.
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  • Cross of Sacrifice

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  • Group Photo– Mr Moyles, far left, with navigator Hankison, and pilot McKenna, in 1942. (McKenna was later killed patrolling out of Iceland in December of 1944.)Photo courtesy of The Memory Project www.thememoryproject.com

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    Group Photo – Mr Moyles, far left, with navigator Hankison, and pilot McKenna, in 1942. (McKenna was later killed patrolling out of Iceland in December of 1944.)Photo courtesy of The Memory Project www.thememoryproject.com

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