87 – Jack D. Green age 21 (December 27, 1924 – March 17, 1945) Jack lived in Australia, where he took a pilot training course at the age of 18. After taking his pilot’s certificate he decided to go to Europe in order to fight the German oppressors. After the long voyage by sea to […]
Category: QR Tiles – victims
The QR tiles of the digital monument, regarding information about all 87 victims.
85 – Robert H. Hanney age 19 (QR34 EN)
85 – Robert H. Hanney 19 jaar (December 3, 1924 – September 18, 1944) Flying Officer Hanney was born in Bristol. His father was Charles Percival Hanney and his mother Dora Grace Hanney. His father had fought as a soldier in France during World War I and returned to England in 1918. In 1945, after […]
83 – Douglas Dawson age 19 (QR29 EN)
83 – Douglas Dawson 19 jaar (1925 – September 16, 1944) QR29 f,AF Pilot Officer Douglas Dawson was the 19 year old son of druggist, Thomas Jarnes Sawson {born 1894}, whose famity were of lrish descent, and his wife lsabelt Caroltine Forbes {born 1901} of Canadian Scottish ancestry, and lived at Cookstown, Ontario. Douglas had […]
81 – Wilfrid G. Scanlan age 21 (QR32 EN)
81 – Wilfrid G. Scanlan 21 jaar (April 23, 1923 – September 16, 1944) Wilfrid George Scanlan, levensbeschrijving door Bob Scanlan Wilfrid was born on April 23, 1923, the fourth of ten children of John and Ethel Scanlan, in a farmhouse near the village of Westport ON. He was preceded by a sister, Mary Frances, […]
80 – Arnold N. Johnston age 28 (QR30 EN)
79 – Peter L. Dooley age 19 (QR33 EN)
79 – Peter L. Dooley age 19 (1925 – September 16, 1944) Peter was the son of Albert Dooley and Frances (Frankie) McKieman. They married at Willesden, Middlesex, in 1916. Peter’s father, born in 1888, came from a family working in the diamond industry. His grandfather and grandmother had 11 children. Grandfather Dooley was a […]
78 – Peter W. Bickford age 24 (QR25 EN)
78 – Peter W. Bickford age 24 (July 16, 1920 – September 16, 1944) By RON PAGLIA (Ron Paglia is a resident of Charleroi, Pennsylvania in the United States. He has worked in newspaper- and pr- professions, and as a freelance writer, for 60 years). Missing 16/17/Sept. 1944. That brief but somber line was the […]
75 – David S. Thomas age 19 (QR26 EN)
71 – Paul W. Tooley age 20 (QR27 EN)
71 – Paul W. Tooley 20 jaar (December 25, 1923 – September 16, 1944) Paul was born at Woodthorpe, Nottingham, England. His father was a wholesale dealer in potatoes and vegetables. As a young boy Paul went to a boarding school in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. He was a popular and talented student as well as pianist […]
70 – James L. Ryan age 22 (QR1053 EN)
69 – Donald E. Savage age 22 (QR31 EN)
68 – J.D. Petrus age 27 (QR1052 EN)
68 – John D. Petrus age 27 (December 30, 1915 – November 11, 1943) Sgt. J. D. Petrus. December 30, 1915 – November 11, 1943 John David Petrus was born on December 30,1915 at Slatington, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. His parents were John Lawrence Petrus and Sarah Margaret Mclaughlan. He also had two sisters Lucille (Daffner) […]
67 – Raymond W. Hicklin age 29 (QR1051 EN)
66 – Herman A. Jeschke age 26 (QR1050 EN)
66 – Herman A. Jeschke 26 jaar (June 22, 1917 – November 11, 1943) S/sgt. Herman A. Jeschke. June 22, 1917 – November 11, 1943 Herman Adam Jeschke was born on June 22, 1917 at Philadelphia Pennsylvania. His father was Max Jeschke and his mother was called Christina. He also had two brothers, Christian and […]
65 – Robert W. Combs age 21 (QR1049 EN)
64 – John F. Wolf age 25 (QR1048 EN)
63 – Robert B. O’Hara age 23 (QR1047 EN)
63 – Robert B. O’Hara age 23 (March 11, 1920 – November 11, 1943) 2Lt. Robert Bernard O’Hara March 11, 1920 – November 11, 1943 Robert Bernard O’Hara was born on March 11, 1920 in Scranton, Lackawanna County Pennsylvania. His father was John B. O’Hara and his mother Virginia L. Lazeby. In 1932 he left […]
62 – Richard E. Woodyatt age 27 (QR1046 EN)
62 – Richard E. Woodyatt age 27 (April 26, 1916 – November 5, 1943) Sgt. Richard Elwood Woodyatt April 26, 1916 – Bovember 5, 1943 Sgt. Richard Elwood Woodyatt was born in Dixon, Lee County, Illinois. His father was George T. Woodyatt and his mother Ruth C. Woodyatt. He also had five sisters Marrie E., […]
61 – Armand R. Richard age 20 (QR1045 EN)
60 – Julius F. Greer age 33 (QR1044 EN)
59 – Robert G. True age 22 (QR1043 EN)
58 – Roy W. East age 22 (QR1042 EN)
57 – William J. Johnston 23 jaar (QR1041 EN)
56 – Walter C. Carr age 22 (QR1040 EN)
35 – Helge Sognnæs age 22 (QR86 EN)
35 – Helge Sognnæs age 22 (September 27, 1920 – June 22 1943) On Wednesday 19 August 1942, more than six thousand allied soldiers, mostly Canadians, stormed ashore at the seaside resort of Dieppe in German-occupied France. The purpose of the raid was to gather intelligence and to destroy important infrastructure. The same morning the […]
32 – Walter S. Beaty age 23 (QR81 EN)
14 – Ernest Bainbridge age 28 (QR202 EN)
14 – Ernest Bainbridge age 28 (July 13, 1913 – August 12, 1941) Ernest Bainbridge was born in Shilton, County Durham 13 July 1913 as the second son of Anthony Bainbridge and his wife Jane Bainbridge née Kipling. The family moved house quite often as a result of Anthony’s work with the railroad. Ernest, who […]
13 – Hugh M. Clark age 24 (QR201 EN)
12 – Graham C. Rolland age 18 (QR211 EN)
12 – Graham C. Rolland age 18 (August 13, 1922 – August 12, 1941) Graham Cooper Rolland was born in Bolton Lancashire 19 August 1922 as the son of a Scotsman, Dr. William Rolland and his wife Phyllis Rolland née Houghton. Graham went to school in Scotland, at Loretto in Musselburgh, near to Edinburgh. He […]
06 – Leo J.W. Blommesteyn age 27 (QR1004 EN)
02 – Frans Stoovelaar age 23 (QR28 EN)
02 – Frans Stoovelaar age 23 (December 30, 1916 – May 10, 1940) Lieutenant-flight observer Stoovelaar flew as observer and commander in the Fokker T-V numbered 854 on a mission of 3 T-V’s, escorted by Fokker D-XXI fighters, towards Waalhaven Airport (Rotterdam) which was going to be bombed. Immediately after dropping their bombs the 3 […]