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Flight Lieutenant Joseph Coates Redmond

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Flight Lieutenant Joseph Coates Redmond

Birth
Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Death
8 Nov 1943 (aged 26)
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Memorial Site*
Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada

* A structure erected in honor of someone whose remains lie elsewhere.

Plot
Panel 2. Column 3.
Memorial ID
18428289 View Source
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From Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Flight Lieutenant Joseph Coates Redmond
November 8, 1943
Service Number: J/5072
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 116 Sqdn.

Commemorated on Page 206 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.

Redmond, Joseph Coates F/L(P) J5072, From Edmonton, Alberta. Killed Nov 8/43. # 116 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, Botwood, Newfoundland. The Crew of Canso aircraft # 9834was on a transportation flight when the pilot attempted a night landing on glassy water in hazy conditions. The aircraft crashed and sank in the Bay south-east of Botwood, Newfoundland. Flight Lieutenant Pilot Redmond has no known grave, his name is inscribed on the Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario.
S/O Irene Watson , Sgt (WAG) Eric John Mills , Major Kenneth Storey Morton , W/O1 (WAG) Mandel Max Epstein , W/C (P) Ralph Royden Ings and P/O (OB) Robert Fleming Lowther all perished in this incident.

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View cenotaph HERE.

From Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Flight Lieutenant Joseph Coates Redmond
November 8, 1943
Service Number: J/5072
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 116 Sqdn.

Commemorated on Page 206 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.

Redmond, Joseph Coates F/L(P) J5072, From Edmonton, Alberta. Killed Nov 8/43. # 116 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, Botwood, Newfoundland. The Crew of Canso aircraft # 9834was on a transportation flight when the pilot attempted a night landing on glassy water in hazy conditions. The aircraft crashed and sank in the Bay south-east of Botwood, Newfoundland. Flight Lieutenant Pilot Redmond has no known grave, his name is inscribed on the Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario.
S/O Irene Watson , Sgt (WAG) Eric John Mills , Major Kenneth Storey Morton , W/O1 (WAG) Mandel Max Epstein , W/C (P) Ralph Royden Ings and P/O (OB) Robert Fleming Lowther all perished in this incident.

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View cenotaph HERE.

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Royal Canadian Air Force

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