RCAF Casualties Ages (16-18)

Wartime Heritage ASSOCIATION

Casualties

Davies, Garnett Arthur Dowding, John Frederick Fedi, Eric Jansonn, Lars Cyril Jonasson, Leonard Norman Kirlin, Joseph Russell Arnold Moyes, Lorne Thomas Pollon, Joseph Raymond Post, Eric James

WWII Casualties - Royal Canadian Air Force (Ages 16-18)

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R/255739 J/46041 R/172702 R/270690 R/180403 R/288537 R/269912 R/250815 R/283140

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Aircraftman 2nd Class Pilot Officer Flight Sergeant Leading Aircraftman Sergeant Aircraftman 2nd Class Aircraftman 2nd Class Sergeant Sergeant

Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Canadian Air Force 77 RAF Squadron; RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force 76 RAF Squadron; RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Canadian Air Force

July 24, 1943 October 17, 1944 September 7, 1943 October 30, 1944 April 17, 1943 May 29, 1944 September 12, 1943 May 28, 1944 October 17, 1944

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Ottawa Memorial, Canada Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, Yorkshire, United Kingdom Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom Moose Jaw (Rosedale) Cemetery, Saskatchewan, Canada Liesse Communal Cemetery, Aisne, France Montreal (Notre Dames des Neiges) Cemetery, Canada Hamilton (Woodland) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada Harrogate, (Stonefall) Cemetery, Yorkshire, United Kingdom Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom

Behind each name is a story. Edward James Wright was determined to enlist and at his death in 1945, military officials were shocked to learn he was just sixteen years of age …. Eric Fedi was sixteen when he enlisted in 1942. A friend helped to falsify his birth certificate which claimed he was born two years earlier … Both Eric Fedi and Leonard Norman Jonasson would die when their aircraft crashed while on bombing operations over Europe … John Frederick Dowding, Joseph Raymond Pollon, Eric James Post would all die in training accidents during training in England at seventeen … Lars Cyril Jansonn would die when his aircraft crashed in fog during training in Canada … Joseph Russell Arnold Kirlin would only serve for a short time while training in Canada; he would die of illness … Lorne Thomas Moyes would drown in a canoe accident shortly after enlisting ….

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Remembering World War II

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Peters, Roy Donald Wright, Edward James

R/143149 R/287664

Sergeant Flight Sergeant

57 Squadron 428 Squadron; RCAF

July 24, 1942 April 30, 1945

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Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom Chester (Blacon) Cemetery, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Saskatchewan Quebec

Anderson, James Ward Babkirk, Lawrence Russell Bamsey, Dora Marion Bellew, Henry Benedict Bessent, Henry Roberts Bordeleau, Pierre Paul Enée Boyd, Jamie Ralph Brown, Roy Kenneth Bury, Clifford Buzik, Joseph Paul Byrne, Donald Joseph Chatson, Raymond Coughlin, Gerald Philip Davis, John Henry Davie, James Robertson Davies, Herbert Russell Dickie, Charles Richard Dickie, Ross Meredith Donnelly, Thomas Edward Ramsay Drozdiak, William Dufresne, Edward Charles Everest, Verity Fisher, Ernest Edward Frizzell, Harvey Albert Gemmel, Keith Pratt Gordon, Bruce Moore Gordon, James Neil Graham, Roy Neil Gravel, Joseph Victor Jacques Greer, Robert Lewis Hamilton, Gerald Burton Heidman, Wilbert Henry Oliver Hobson, William Allen Holyday, Frederick Charles Hooper, George Robert Huhtala, Henry Wilburt Johnson, Oliver Charles Kearney, John Henry Legault, Joseph Georges Jean Libby, Otis Wilfrid Lovett, Charles Edward Loyer, Gordon Felix MacDonald, James Livingston MacKenzie, Gordon Lamont MacKimmie, Allan Hustead MacNeil, Daniel Thomas Maki, Harry Arthur Manning, Gordon Harry McFadyen, Gilbert Campbell McGregor, Robert Malcolm Meier, Wesley Earl Messenger, Robert Francis Millard, Thomas Morrison, John Duncan Movold, Ronald Loughton Murdock, Billie Herman Nelson, Vincent Emerald Odell, Cameron Warren Ogilvie, Scott McRury Onuski, Maurice Daniel O'Reilly, Richard Joseph Perry, George Sidney Powell, Richard Clement Pridham, Ernest James Ramage, Lawrence Hunter Redshaw, Donald Andrew Harvey Reid, Earl William Richardson, Kenneth Clarence Rudd, Francis Samuel, Hector Patrick Sangster, Donald William Scanlon, Douglas Milton Shelling, Ernest Joseph Smart, John Christopher Spinks, Albert Howard Stear, Victor Steeden, Stanley Edwin Stevenson, Thomas Gerald Stone, Geoffrey William Taerum, Lorne Clifford Thompson, Harry Gordon Turner, James McIntyre Wakefield, John Watt, James Welsh, Robert Alexander Whalen, John Harold Wilson, Ralph William Ashford Windsor, William Frederick Zubic, Frank Joseph

R/108379 R/174607 W/310930 R/202312 R/198740 K/274558 R/130201 18502 R/294032 R/158266 R/260022 R/165519 J/95336 R/176888 R/148882 R/212758 R/65473 R/281169 R/200407 R/272259 R/262929 J/41055 J/22786 J/90080 R/180825 R/214844 R/259515 R/175140 J/90084 R/114675 K/280563 J/90753 R/222664 R/251488 R/197102 R/268508 R/112821 R/188426 R/259332 R/204842 R/208139 R/65568 K/264905 R/175898 R/260780 R/264790 R/220059 R/84990 R/220720 R/253246 R/165554 R/213504 R/129251 R/213960 R/252874 J/88711 J/93997 R/258407 J/94475 R/220368 R/267626 R/258127 R/210550 R/274918 R/196627 R/222193 R/183902 R/201135 R/187471 R/171264 R/209965 R/142786 R/258345 R/287355 R/210945 J/92357 R/218408 R/116433 R/205656 R/278581 R/256225 R/147823 R/273518 R/222387 R/114120 R/53924 R/117659 J/88512 J/27319

Leading Aircraftman Leading Aircraftman Aircraftwoman 1st Class Sergeant Sergeant Leading Aircraftman Aircraftman 2nd Class Aircraftman 2nd Class Leading Aircraftman Aircraftman 2nd Class Leading Aircraftman Aircraftman 2nd Class Pilot Officer Aircraftman 2nd Class Leading Aircraftman Sergeant Leading Aircraftman Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Flight Sergeant Pilot Officer Pilot Officer Pilot Officer Sergeant Leading Aircraftman Sergeant Leading Aircraftman Pilot Officer Leading Aircraftman Flight Sergeant Pilot Officer Sergeant Aircraftman 2nd Class Sergeant Aircraftman 2nd Class Aircraftman 2nd Class Leading Aircraftman Aircraftman 2nd Class Sergeant Sergeant Aircraftman 2nd Class Flight Sergeant Leading Aircraftman Sergeant Aircraftman 1st Class Sergeant Leading Aircraftman Aircraftman 2nd Class Leading Aircraftman Leading Aircraftman Aircraftman 2nd Class Leading Aircraftman Flight Sergeant Sergeant Pilot Officer Aircraftman 2nd Class Aircraftman 1st Class Pilot Officer Aircraftman 2nd Class Flight Sergeant Sergeant Aircraftman 2nd Class Sergeant Warrant Officer Class II Sergeant Flight Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Leading Aircraftman Sergeant Pilot Officer Leading Aircraftman Sergeant Sergeant Pilot Officer Leading Aircraftman Leading Aircraftman Flight Sergeant Flight Sergeant Sergeant Leading Aircraftman Sergeant Sergeant Leading Aircraftman Leading Aircraftman Leading Aircraftman Pilot Officer Flying Officer

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November 16, 1941 June 17, 1943 June 6, 1943 December 2, 1943 December 17, 1943 September 28, 1944 December 13, 1941 December 19, 1946 February 15, 1945 July 11, 1942 February 24, 1944 October 14, 1942 December 6, 1944 September 24, 1942 September 5, 1942 May 2, 1944 December 21, 1940 August 30, 1944 May 25, 1944 November 8, 1944 February 3, 1945 June 13, 1944 January 14, 1943 March 22, 1944 July 3, 1943 February 24, 1944 July 1, 1944 February 25, 1943 May 9, 1944 December 1, 1941 January 22, 1945 March 16, 1944 January 30, 1944 June 2, 1943 December 4, 1943 December 31, 1943 October 13, 1941 June 15, 1943 September 8, 1943 June 17, 1944 April 15, 1944 December 4, 1940 February 8, 1945 May 6, 1943 June 29, 1944 November 8, 1944 April 25, 1944 October 15, 1941 July 24, 1943 October 8, 1943 September 20, 1942 September 10, 1943 August 24, 1943 August 24, 1944 July 14, 1944 March 22, 1944 November 2, 1944 August 11, 1944 November 30, 1944 July 24, 1943 March 16, 1945 September 13, 1944 March 9, 1943 November 15, 1944 October 20, 1943 June 22, 1944 October 2, 1944 September 3, 1944 October 9, 1943 June 15, 1943 February 24, 1944 December 31, 1943 August 19, 1944 December 18, 1944 May 29, 1944 August 26, 1944 May 24, 1944 October 30, 1941 November 8, 1944 February 3, 1945 April 23, 1944 September 6, 1942 October 20, 1944 September 13, 1944 April 28, 1942 November 19, 1940 January 20, 1942 July 29, 1944 January 2, 1944

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Ormstown Union Cemetery, Quebec, Canada Saint John (Greenwood) Cemetery, New Brunswick, Canda Edmonton (Mount Pleasant) Cemetery, Alberta, Canada Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, Yorkshire, United Kingdom Cambridge City Cemetery,Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom Ottawa (Nortre Dame) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Ontario, Canada Orillia (St. Andrews and James ) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada Herring Cove (St. James Church of England) Cemetery, NS, Canada Windsor (Grove) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada Prince Albert (South Hill) Cemetery Saskatchewan, Canada Toronto (Mount Hope) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada Ottawa Memorial, Canada Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom Halifax (Camp Hill) Cemetery, Nova Scotia, Canada Toronto (Prospect) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, Yorkshire, United Kingdom Canning Trinity United Church Cemetery, Nova Scotia, Canada Cadder Cemetery, Lanarkshire, United Kingdom Fettercairn Cemetery, Kincardineshire, United Kingdom Chester (Blacon) Cemetery, Cheshire, United Kingdom Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany Fontaine-la-Louvet Churchyard, Eure, France Donnington (St. Cuthbert) Churchyard, Shropshire, United Kingdom Hanover War Cemetery, Germany Kinloss Abbey Burial Ground, Moray, United Kingdom Hagersville Cemetery, Ontario, Canada Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom Toronto (Prospect) Cemetey, Ontario, Canada Gosselies Communal Cemetery, Belgium Regina Cemetery, Saskatchewan Canada Venray War Cemetery, Netherlands Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany Stratford-Upon-Avon-Cemetery, Warwickshire, United Kingdom Toronto (Park Lawn) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany Montreal (Mount Royal) Cemetery, Quebec, Canada Toronto (Resthaven) Memorial Garden, Ontario, Canada Toronto (Mount Hope) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada Les Cedres (St. Joseph de Soulanges) Cemetery, Quebec, Canada Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, United Kingdom Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, Yorkshire, United Kingdom Toronto (Mount Hope) Cemetery Ontario, Canada Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom West Vancouver (Capilano View) Cemetery, British Columbia, Canada Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, United Kingdom Broad Cove Chapel (St. Margaret) Cemetery, Nova Scotia, Canada Ottawa Memorial, Canada Sussex (Kirk Hill) Cemetery, New Brunswick, Canada Ottawa Memorial, Canada Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery, Manitoba, Canada Dunnville (Riverside) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada Calgary (Queen's Park) Cemetery, Alberta, Canada Liverpool Baptist Cemetery, Nova Scotia, Canada Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, Yorkshire, United Kingdom Andreas (St. Andrews) Churchyard, Isle of Man, United Kingdom Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom Carstairs Cemetery, Alberta, Canada Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands Ottawa Memorial, Ontario, Canada Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom Summerland (Peach Orchard) Cemetery, British Columbia, Canada Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, United Kingdom Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, United Kingdom Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery, Netherlands Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, Yorkshire, United Kingdom Windsor (Grove) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada Hanover War Cemetery, Germany Montreal (Notre Dame des Neiges) Cemetery, Quebec, Canada Straford (Avondale) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada Ottawa (Beechwood) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada Nakusp (Legion) Cemetery, British Columbia, Canada Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, United Kingdom Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, United Kingdom Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany Colonsay Cemetery, Saskatchewan, Canada Belmont Hillside Cemetery, Manitoba, Canada Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, Yorkshire, United Kingdom Oploo (Westerbeek) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Netherlands Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, United Kingdom Central Butte Cemetery, Saskatchewan, Canada Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, Yorkshire, United Kingdom Dumbarton Cemetery, Dunbartonshire, United Kingdom Vanessa Cemetery, Ontario, Canada Ottawa (Pinecrest) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada Waterloo Protestant Cemetery, Quebec, Canada Hanover War Cemetery, Germany Gosselies Communal Cemetery, Belgium

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The names of some 17,000 World War II Royal Canadian Air Force men and women who lost their lives between 1939 and 1947 can be found inscribed on Memorials and Headstones. Among them are 100 who died at the age of sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen. Some died during air operations, others from training accidents, or illness.

Eighty-nine eighteen year old Royal Canadian Air Force personnel would lose their lives during WWII. Their names are found on grave markers and Memorials in Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and in the United Kingdom.

Wright, Edward James

Davies, Garnett Arthur

Dowding, John Frederick

Fedi, Eric

Jansonn, Lars Cyril

Jonasson, Leonard Norman

Kirlin, Joseph Russell Arnold

Moyes, Lorne Thomas

Pollon, Joseph Raymond

Post, Eric James

Anderson, James Ward

Babkirk, Lawrence Russell

Bamsey, Dora Marion

Bellew, Henry Benedict

Bessent, Henry Roberts

Bordeleau, Pierre Paul Enée

Boyd, Jamie Ralph

Brown, Roy Kenneth

Bury, Clifford

Buzik, Joseph Paul

Byrne, Donald Joseph

Chatson, Raymond

Coughlin, Gerald Philip

Davie, James Robertson

Davies, Herbert Russell

Dickie, Ross Meredith

Donnelly, Thomas E. Ramsay

Drozdiak, William

Dufresne, Edward Charles

Everest, Verity

Fisher, Ernest Edward

Frizzell, Harvey Albert

Gemmel, Keith Pratt

Gordon, Bruce Moore

Gordon, James Neil

Graham, Roy Neil

Gravel, Joseph Victor Jacques

Hamilton, Gerald Burton

Heidman, Wilbert Henry Oliver

Hobson, William Allen

Holyday, Frederick Charles

Hooper, George Robert

Huhtala, Henry Wilburt

Kearney, John Henry

Libby, Otis Wilfrid

Lovett, Charles Edward

Loyer, Gordon Felix

MacDonald, James Livingston

MacKenzie, Gordon Lamont

MacKimmie, Allan Hustead

Maki, Harry Arthur

Messenger, Robert Francis

Millard, Thomas

Morrison, John Duncan

Movold, Ronald Loughton

Murdock, Billie Herman

Nelson, Vincent Emerald

Odell, Cameron Warren

Ogilvie, Scott McRury

Onuski, Maurice Daniel

O'Reilly, Richard Joseph

Perry, George Sidney

Powell, Richard Clement

Pridham, Ernest James

Redshaw, Donald Andrew

Reid, Earl William

Richardson, Kenneth Clarence

Rudd, Francis

Sangster, Donald William

Samuel, Hector Patrick

Smart, John Christopher

Spinks, Albert Howard

Stear, Victor

Steeden, Stanley Edwin

Stevenson, Thomas Gerald

Stone, Geoffrey William

Taerum, Lorne Clifford

Thompson, Harry Gordon

Turner, James McIntyre

Wakefield, John

Watt, James

Welsh, Robert Alexander

Whalen, John Harold

Wilson, Ralph William Ashford

Zubic, Frank Joseph

"Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air. "Up, up the long delirious burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace, where never lark, or even eagle, flew; and, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of God." … Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee

McGregor, Robert Malcolm