On 30 May a search party located the wreckage of downed Lancaster KB995.
A cairn, funded by local Oregon citizens, was erected near the crash site to remember and to honour the air crew of Lancaster KB995.
The casualties were:
Flying Officer Joseph Yvon Elias Aurele BOURGEOIS,
Flying Officer John William BROWNIE,
Flying Officer Robert James CALDER,
Flying Officer David Fair ELLIS,
Flying Officer Kenneth Edgar ELSDEN,
Leading Aircaftman John HARALDSON,
Flying Officer Harry Charles MADDICK,
Corporal Donald Gordon SPENCE,
Leading Aircraftman William Henry WALDRON, and
Flying Officer Cyril Jerome WILLIAMS.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Service Number: 140107
Age: 30
Force: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit: 407 (Maritime Reconnaissance) Squadron
Citation: Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, War Medal 1939-1945.
Date and Place of Enlistment: September 6, 1950 Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Son of late John and Grace Haraldson of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; husband of Helen Johanna (née Neilson) Haraldson of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Leading Aircraftman John Haraldson is commemorated on Page 38 of the 'In the Service of Canada' Book of Remembrance.
The casualties of this aircraft accident are also remembered and honoured in the VP International Book Of Remembrance which is maintained at the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum at 14 Wing Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada.
On 30 May a search party located the wreckage of downed Lancaster KB995.
A cairn, funded by local Oregon citizens, was erected near the crash site to remember and to honour the air crew of Lancaster KB995.
The casualties were:
Flying Officer Joseph Yvon Elias Aurele BOURGEOIS,
Flying Officer John William BROWNIE,
Flying Officer Robert James CALDER,
Flying Officer David Fair ELLIS,
Flying Officer Kenneth Edgar ELSDEN,
Leading Aircaftman John HARALDSON,
Flying Officer Harry Charles MADDICK,
Corporal Donald Gordon SPENCE,
Leading Aircraftman William Henry WALDRON, and
Flying Officer Cyril Jerome WILLIAMS.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Service Number: 140107
Age: 30
Force: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit: 407 (Maritime Reconnaissance) Squadron
Citation: Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, War Medal 1939-1945.
Date and Place of Enlistment: September 6, 1950 Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Son of late John and Grace Haraldson of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; husband of Helen Johanna (née Neilson) Haraldson of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Leading Aircraftman John Haraldson is commemorated on Page 38 of the 'In the Service of Canada' Book of Remembrance.
The casualties of this aircraft accident are also remembered and honoured in the VP International Book Of Remembrance which is maintained at the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum at 14 Wing Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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