Heffernan, John Anthony Foch (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-January-03

Flying Officer John Anthony Foch Heffernan RCAF

Birth Date: 1918-November-22

Born:

Parents: Son of Francis Michael Joseph and Helen Gertrude Heffernan; husband of Athelene Rose Heffeman, of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Spouse: Husband of Athelene Rose Heffeman, of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Home: Edmonton, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

619 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Ad Altiora To higher things

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/20361

Home
Google MapEdmonton, Alberta
Temporary Burial
Google MapFallingbostel, Germany

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapCWG Cemetery
Plot 10A Row D Grave 2
619 Squadron. Lancaster aircraft JB 123 was engaged on a trip to Berlin, Germany when it exploded in the air. The wreckage fell over a wide area in the woods near Wense, Germany. F/O5 A.B. Bearcroft (RAF), L.C. Keeling (RAF), W.C.J. Lord (RAF), and Sergeant K.W. Cheshire (RAF) were also killed. Two others of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed. Cenotaph at Saint Joachims Cemetery, Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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