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John Hendrickson Adams

In memory of:

Flying Officer John Hendrickson Adams

March 2, 1956
Strasbourg, France

Military Service


Service Number:

15200

Age:

24

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

444 Fighter Squadron

Additional Information


Born:

January 12, 1932
Guernsey, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

February 2, 1950
Vancouver, British Columbia

Son of James of Watson Lake, Yukon Territories and Hazel Jeanette (nee Hendrickson) Adams of Fort Langley, British Columbia. Husband of Frances Jane (nee Fobes) Adams and father of Bonnie Ann Laurette Adams of Fort Langley, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 73 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

Grave Reference:

Grave 9, Plot 1, Row B

Location:

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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  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Flying Office John Hendrickson Adams– Flying Officer John Hendrickson Adams in service uniform.
  • Newspaper Clipping– From 4 (F) Wing Baden-Soellingen's "Schwarzwald-Flieger" magazine--the April 1956 issue.  "Farewell to the Skylancers: This recent photograph is the "Flieger's" last tribute to a gallant team.  Sadly missed by us all are (left to right): Flying Officers Ed Welters, Dale McLarty, Jake Adams and Freddy Axtell."

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