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Galerie numérique de Lieutenant d'aviation Ronald Alastair Gaskin
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Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Ronald Alastair Gaskin
Pilot Officer Ronald A. Gaskin SJ37339
Former student of LPCI
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Ronald Alastair Gaskin
School registration card for F/O Gaskin. He entered North Toronto Collegiate in 1935 and transferred to Lawrence Park Collegiate in 1936. He left Toronot in 1937 for Windsor, Ontario.
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Ronald Alastair Gaskin
Crash Report on MN851 (Hawker Typhoon) pg 1
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Ronald Alastair Gaskin
Crash Report on MN851 (Hawker Typhoon) pg 2
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Ronald Alastair Gaskin
Base Identification Card for Pilot Officer Ronald A. Gaskin. Note the location of his training at RCAF Station Sea Island BC. Ron married a British Columbian, Marie Anita McConnell.
Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Ronald Alastair Gaskin
P/O Gaskin shortly after being awarded his Wings.
Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Ronald Alastair Gaskin
Leading Aircraftsman Ronald Gasking in his Identification photo taken after joining the RCAF.
Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Ronald Alastair Gaskin
F/O Gaskin before his death in France. He was flying Typhoons at the time.
Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Ronald Alastair Gaskin
The RAF looked for Ron's body for two years. The location given here is incorrect. The squadron was actually near Neukirkan, Germany. That is eventually where he was found.<P>
Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Ronald Alastair Gaskin
This letter informs the Casualty Officer that Gaskin's body was located in the military plot of a German cemetery near Neukirken.<P>
Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Ronald Alastair Gaskin
Gaskin's CO filed this report the day after he was killed. There was no ground fire and he was not killed by flying debris from the train. According to the Germans, he was shot down by his wingman when he wandered into the fire from the other, higher, aircraft.
Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Ronald Alastair Gaskin
The CO of the squadron sent this letter to Ron's wife in Canada. No one knew how he was killed until investigators talked to Germans from the area of Nekirkan who remembered the attack.
Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Ronald Alastair Gaskin
The Missing Enquiry and Search Units found this information if the German records. It is how they found Gaskin's body.
Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Ronald Alastair Gaskin
This MREU document gives the details of the incident as best they could. There was no ground fire from the German train or surrounding area. Thus, Gaskin's aircraft had to have been shot down by his own side.
Perhaps it was best that the family never got this report from his file. Friendly fire deaths area the most troubling for next-of-kin.
Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Ronald Alastair Gaskin
This checkbook was recovered from the grave in Neukirken. It was confirmation for the RAF that the body was that of F/O R.A. Gaskin. The search had taken almost three years.
Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Ronald Alastair Gaskin
This is the first page of Ron Gaskin's enlistment documents. He enlisted in 1941. He is a former student of Lawrence Park Collegiate in Toronto.
He was one of the sons of the manager and VP of Studebaker Corporation. That accounts for his many changes of address and schools.<P>
Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Ronald Alastair Gaskin
Image source from the Windsor Daily Star
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Ronald Alastair Gaskin
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Ronald Alastair Gaskin
From the Toronto Star August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant d'aviation Ronald Alastair Gaskin
From the Toronto Star August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Galerie d'images
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Pilot Officer Ronald A. Gaskin SJ37339 Former student of LPCI
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School registration card for F/O Gaskin. He entered North Toronto Collegiate in 1935 and transferred to Lawrence Park Collegiate in 1936. He left Toronot in 1937 for Windsor, Ontario.
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Crash Report on MN851 (Hawker Typhoon) pg 1
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Crash Report on MN851 (Hawker Typhoon) pg 2
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Base Identification Card for Pilot Officer Ronald A. Gaskin. Note the location of his training at RCAF Station Sea Island BC. Ron married a British Columbian, Marie Anita McConnell. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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P/O Gaskin shortly after being awarded his Wings. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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Leading Aircraftsman Ronald Gasking in his Identification photo taken after joining the RCAF. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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F/O Gaskin before his death in France. He was flying Typhoons at the time. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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The RAF looked for Ron's body for two years. The location given here is incorrect. The squadron was actually near Neukirkan, Germany. That is eventually where he was found.<P> Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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This letter informs the Casualty Officer that Gaskin's body was located in the military plot of a German cemetery near Neukirken.<P> Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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Gaskin's CO filed this report the day after he was killed. There was no ground fire and he was not killed by flying debris from the train. According to the Germans, he was shot down by his wingman when he wandered into the fire from the other, higher, aircraft. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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The CO of the squadron sent this letter to Ron's wife in Canada. No one knew how he was killed until investigators talked to Germans from the area of Nekirkan who remembered the attack. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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The Missing Enquiry and Search Units found this information if the German records. It is how they found Gaskin's body. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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This MREU document gives the details of the incident as best they could. There was no ground fire from the German train or surrounding area. Thus, Gaskin's aircraft had to have been shot down by his own side. Perhaps it was best that the family never got this report from his file. Friendly fire deaths area the most troubling for next-of-kin. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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This checkbook was recovered from the grave in Neukirken. It was confirmation for the RAF that the body was that of F/O R.A. Gaskin. The search had taken almost three years. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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This is the first page of Ron Gaskin's enlistment documents. He enlisted in 1941. He is a former student of Lawrence Park Collegiate in Toronto. He was one of the sons of the manager and VP of Studebaker Corporation. That accounts for his many changes of address and schools.<P> Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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Image source from the Windsor Daily Star
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From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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CIMETIÈRE DE GUERRE DE LA FORÊT DE REICHSWALD Allemagne
Le CIMETIÈRE DE GUERRE DE REICHSWALD FOREST est situé à 5 kilomètres au sud-ouest de Kleve. En partant de Kleve, empruntez la Hoffmannallee à partir du centre ville, route qui devient la Materbornerallee. Cette route mène vers Reichsald Forest et change pour la Grunewaldstrasse. Suivez les directions pour Gennep, en empruntant Reichswald Forest et le cimetière se trouve à 500 mètres sur la gauche.
Il existe une autre alternative : À partir de l'autoroute 57, prenez la sortie pour Kleve/Goch, laquelle vous mènera sur la 9N en direction de Kleve. Après avoir parcouru 3 kilomètres, tournez sur la 504 en direction de Kranenburg. Le cimetière de Reichswald est clairement annoncé sur la 504 au carrefour Grunewald. Le CIMETIÈRE DE GUERRE DE REICHSWALD FOREST est situé sur la Grunewald Strasse en direction de Kleve à droite, à 3 kilomètre du carrefour Grunewald. Vous trouverez ci-joint une feuille d'information sur le cimetière et son emplacement que vous pourriez trouver intéressant.
Pour plus d’informations, visitez la Commission des sépultures de guerre du Commonwealth (site disponible en anglais seulement).
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