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James Ernest Macara

In memory of:

Flying Officer James Ernest Macara

July 22, 1952

Military Service

Service Number:

35168

Age:

20

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

404 Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron

Additional Information

Born:

June 12, 1932
Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

January 28, 1951
Ottawa, Ontario

Son of William and Gertrude Macara of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Eda Macara.

Commemorated on Page 24 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:

PROSPECT CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

Section 35, Lot 290

Location:

1450 St. Clair Ave West, City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Office: Suite 500 65 Overlea Boulevard, Toronto, ON M4H 1P1 (416) 696-7866, fax (416) 696-0227

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  • Family Marker– Macara family grave marker in Prospect Cemetery: father, mother, two sons, and one daughter. Son Ronald was killed in 1945 and is buried in Groesbeek Cemetery. (Photo and information re crash courtesy of find-a-grave member Islington.) An RCAF De Havilland Vampire fighter jet 170024 (401 Squadron) crashed half way between Chicoutimi and Quebec City, near Bagotville, on 22 July 1952 following a mid-air collision with an RCAF aircraft Lancaster 102 (of 404 Squadron) during a training exercise (‘Exercise Signpost'). The Vampire pilot, Flight Lieutenant Charles Stewart BUCHANAN, was killed; and there were 7 casualties in the crash of the Lancaster:- Flying Officer Robert Alexander GRAY (Pilot), Flying Officer Joseph Alfred MARIER (Co-pilot), Flying Officer Edward Charles William HUTT, Flying Officer Richard Heather Duffield NOBLE (Navigator), Flying Officer James Ernest MACARA (Radio Operator), and Corporal Robert Gerald SMITH (Flight Engineer).

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    Family Marker
    Family Marker – Macara family grave marker in Prospect Cemetery: father, mother, two sons, and one daughter. Son Ronald was killed in 1945 and is buried in Groesbeek Cemetery. (Photo and information re crash courtesy of find-a-grave member Islington.) An RCAF De Havilland Vampire fighter jet 170024 (401 Squadron) crashed half way between Chicoutimi and Quebec City, near Bagotville, on 22 July 1952 following a mid-air collision with an RCAF aircraft Lancaster 102 (of 404 Squadron) during a training exercise (‘Exercise Signpost'). The Vampire pilot, Flight Lieutenant Charles Stewart BUCHANAN, was killed; and there were 7 casualties in the crash of the Lancaster:- Flying Officer Robert Alexander GRAY (Pilot), Flying Officer Joseph Alfred MARIER (Co-pilot), Flying Officer Edward Charles William HUTT, Flying Officer Richard Heather Duffield NOBLE (Navigator), Flying Officer James Ernest MACARA (Radio Operator), and Corporal Robert Gerald SMITH (Flight Engineer).
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Globe and Mail July 1952. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Globe and Mail July 1952. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Globe and Mail July 1952. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Globe and Mail July 1952. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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