Coleman, John Redmond (Corporal)

Killed in Action 1944-September-18

Male Head

Birth Date: 1918

Born:

Parents: William Francis & Annie Margaret Coleman

Spouse:

Home: Montreal, Quebec (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

570 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Impetum deducimus We launch the spearhead

Base

RAF Harewell

Rank

Corporal

Position

radio mechanic

Service Numbers

R/94226

Home
Google MapMontreal, Quebec (parents)
Target
Google Mapglider tug, D-Day support
Final Burial
Google MapGeneral Cemetery
Plot 2 Row A Coll grave 20-21

Took off from Harewell at 12:08 as part of Operation Market Garden towing a Horsa glider.

Aircraft hit by flak and crashed at Opheusden, 20 miles south of Rotterdam at about 15:00, killing all the crew.

Killed includes Coleman: Pilot Officer John Douglas Baker RCAF J/87670 KIA Heteren General Cemetery Holland Plot 2. Row A. Coll. grave 20-21. Pilot Officer George Samuel Crawford Bell RAAF KIA Heteren General Cemetery Plot 2. Row A. Coll. grave 20-21. Flight Sergeant Henky Ernest Browne RAF KIA Heteren General Cemetery Plot 2. Row A. Coll. grave 20-21. Pilot Officer Charles William Culling RAF KIA Heteren General Cemetery Plot 2. Row A. Coll. grave 20-21. Flight Sergeant Edward Philip Pope RAF KIA Heteren General Cemetery Plot 2. Row A. Coll. grave 20-21. Sergeant Vincent Williams RAF KIA Heteren General Cemetery Plot 2. Row A. Coll. grave 20-21.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)