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Son of Haraldur B. and Elin Einarson. Twin brother of Flight Sergeant Harold Bjorn Einarson, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson has been honoured by having Einarson Creek named after him. The location of Einarson Creek is in Yukon (105O13- 63° 45’ 11”- 131° 37’ 51”)
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson
F/L Einarson was pilot of Lancaster LL 775, 61 (RAF) Sqdn. on operations to Augsburg, Germany, when the aircraft crashed at Lagarde in the Parc Regional de Lorraine (Moselle), some 14 km s of Dieuze, France.<P>
He was the only Canadian crew member.
The other crew members killed were<BR>
Sgt M.L.Worth KIA P/O A.J.Collins RAAF KIA F/S R.T.Gill RAAF KIA F/S P.L.Jones KIA F/S H.Rankin DFM KIA. One crew member survived and was able to successfully evade capture. He was: W/O P.R.Greatrex RAAF (Source: www.lostbombers.co.uk) <P>
Sadly, his twin brother, F/S (Pilot) Harold Bjorn Einarson, was killed at age 19 September 10, 1942, while serving on 207 (RAF) Squadron.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson
Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson
Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson
From the Regina Leader Post January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson
The Einarson's at 19 OTU, RAF Kinloss, Course No.32 - November 1941
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson
Johan and his 61 Squadron crew
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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F/L Einarson was pilot of Lancaster LL 775, 61 (RAF) Sqdn. on operations to Augsburg, Germany, when the aircraft crashed at Lagarde in the Parc Regional de Lorraine (Moselle), some 14 km s of Dieuze, France.<P> He was the only Canadian crew member. The other crew members killed were<BR> Sgt M.L.Worth KIA P/O A.J.Collins RAAF KIA F/S R.T.Gill RAAF KIA F/S P.L.Jones KIA F/S H.Rankin DFM KIA. One crew member survived and was able to successfully evade capture. He was: W/O P.R.Greatrex RAAF (Source: www.lostbombers.co.uk) <P> Sadly, his twin brother, F/S (Pilot) Harold Bjorn Einarson, was killed at age 19 September 10, 1942, while serving on 207 (RAF) Squadron.
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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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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Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter Einarson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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From the Regina Leader Post January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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The Einarson's at 19 OTU, RAF Kinloss, Course No.32 - November 1941
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Johan and his 61 Squadron crew
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Page 299 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
Choloy is a village and commune in the Department of the Meurthe-et-Moselle, 28 kilometres west of Nancy and some 5 kilometres west of Toul, a town on the N4 road from Paris to Nancy. The village is south of the River Moselle on the minor road (D11B) from Toul to the neighbouring village of Foug. The CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY is 3 kilometres west of Toul on the north side of the D11B road.
The Choloy War Cemetery is the last resting place of casualties from the First and Second World Wars and is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is also the final resting place for many Royal Canadian Air Force members and their families who died while serving in Europe as part of 1 Air Division between 1953 and 1967 and other Service Members serving with NATO in Germany following Canada's departure from France.
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