Fitzgerald, John Chisholm
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | John Chisholm |
Surname | Fitzgerald |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 26-07-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of James O'Neill Fitzgerald and Nina Helen Fitzgerald, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | W7576 |
Markings | LS-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen |
Grave Reference | 16. H. 4. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 164 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/88211 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 15 (XV) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Garden, Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the Pathfinder Sqns operating from RAF Wyton, 1942-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/38 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/37 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 25-07-1942 |
End Date | 26-07-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (95% moon) |
Operation | Duisburg. 215 aircraft. Again, the marker flares were not accurately deployed. Some housing damage although bombing was very scattered. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Horst near Venlo |