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John Duncan Fiddes

In memory of:

Warrant Officer John Duncan Fiddes

April 25, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

R/106742

Age:

25

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

166 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Son of Robert and Laura Ethel (nee Johnstone) Fiddes of Hollyburn, West Vancouver, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 304 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

AVESNES-SUR-HELPE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

Row AA. Grave 15.

Location:

Avesnes-sur-Helpe is a town 90 kilometres south-east of Lille and 14 kilometres south of Maubeuge. The latter town is on the main road from Paris to Brussels, near the Franco-Belgian frontier. The AVESNES-SUR-HELPE COMMUNAL CEMETERY is on the main Landcrecie/Maroille/Fourmies road and stands on the right side of the road (D962) at the entrance of the town.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Crash Report (April 25, 1944)

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    Crash Report (April 25, 1944)
  • Letter

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  • Memorial– Warrant Officer John Duncan Fiddes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer John Duncan Fiddes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Warrant Officer John Duncan Fiddes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer John Duncan Fiddes 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

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

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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.May 1944. 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

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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c. 1944. 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

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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. 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

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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– In Memoriam on his parents headstone O-4-d & e, in Capilano View Cemetery, West Vancouver, British Columbia. Photo courtesy of Julie Clements, photographed on September 11, 2006

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    Memorial – In Memoriam on his parents headstone O-4-d & e, in Capilano View Cemetery, West Vancouver, British Columbia. Photo courtesy of Julie Clements, photographed on September 11, 2006
  • Photo of John Fiddes– In Memory of the members of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of John Fiddes – In Memory of the members of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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