Calder, John Philip Sargent
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | John Philip Sargent |
Surname | Calder |
Gender | M |
Age | 29 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 21-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Archibald C. and Mary Agnes Calder, of Goderich, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito XVI |
Serial Number | ML984 |
Markings | 8K- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Kiel War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 1. H. 20. |
Epitaph | I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE (John 11:25) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 140 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/4695 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 571 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Hilton House Hotel, Hilton, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Blue Plaque on external wall |
Memorial Text | Air Commodore Herbert Martin Massey CBE DSO MC 1898-1976 Senior British Officer at Stalag Luft III Sagan who authorised 'The Great Escape' was born here. Hilton and Marston History Group |
Location | All Saints Church, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In honour of 571 (Mosquito) Sqn. aircrew of RAF Oakington 1944 - 1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
Baled out injured in both legs and without a dinghy and is presumed to have drowned |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 20-07-1944 |
End Date | 21-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Oakington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (1% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg. One of 26 Mosquitoes |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed near Brunsbüttel on the Elbe, Germany |