Service militaire
Lieu de l’enterrement/commemoration
Fils de Thomas et Margaret Stevenson, de Wawanesa, Manitoba.
Galerie numérique de Sous-officier breveté de 2e classe George Edward Stevenson
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Sous-officier breveté de 2e classe George Edward Stevenson
Photos and excerpt of story used with permission courtesy
Air War Over Denmark www.flensted.eu.com<P>
Halifax V LK705 from 431 (RCAF) Sqn took off at 20:27 from Croft on
a Gardening (Mining) operation in the Baltic Sea. It was attacked by a
German night fighter while flying at 5000 metres altitude and crashed at
23.43 hours in the Klelund plantation killing the crew of seven.
They were laid to rest in two graves in Fovrfelt cemetery in Esbjerg on 3/3 1944.
They were:
F/S (P) Edward C. Howey RCAF
F/S (N) George E. Stevenson RCAF
F/S (AG) Alexander M. Munro RCAF
Sgt (AG) Leo T. Wardell RCAF
Sgt. (AB) Alexander D. MacGillivray RAF
Sgt (W/Op) Raymond L. Bates RAF
Sgt. (FE). Edward R. Metcalf, RAF
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Photo courtesy of www.flensted.eu.com
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Photo courtesy of www.flensted.eu.com
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Shortly after the crash a cross was erected on the crash site by Forrester Madsen and on 5/5 1946 a memorial stone was inaugurated on the same spot. courtesy www.flensted.eu.com
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Photos and excerpt of story used with permission courtesy Air War Over Denmark www.flensted.eu.com<P> Halifax V LK705 from 431 (RCAF) Sqn took off at 20:27 from Croft on a Gardening (Mining) operation in the Baltic Sea. It was attacked by a German night fighter while flying at 5000 metres altitude and crashed at 23.43 hours in the Klelund plantation killing the crew of seven. They were laid to rest in two graves in Fovrfelt cemetery in Esbjerg on 3/3 1944. They were: F/S (P) Edward C. Howey RCAF F/S (N) George E. Stevenson RCAF F/S (AG) Alexander M. Munro RCAF Sgt (AG) Leo T. Wardell RCAF Sgt. (AB) Alexander D. MacGillivray RAF Sgt (W/Op) Raymond L. Bates RAF Sgt. (FE). Edward R. Metcalf, RAF
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Warrant Officer Class II George Edward Stevenson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Warrant Officer Class II George Edward Stevenson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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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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From the Winnipeg Free Press 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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CIMETIÈRE D'ESBJERG (FOURFELT) Danemark
Esbjerg est un port du sud-ouest du Jutland. Le CIMETIÈRE d'ESBJERG (FOURFELT) est à environ 3 kilomètres au nord de la ville, au sortir de la route de Hjerting, sur la Gravlundvej.
Pour plus d’informations, visitez la Commission des sépultures de guerre du Commonwealth (site disponible en anglais seulement).
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