MCEACHERN, John William Hugh
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Armed recce. Departed from Brussels-Evere (B.56), Belgium. Crashed after being hit by Flak. The pilot as well as a person on the ground died in the crash. The deceased pilot, John William Hugh McEachern is buried at the cemetery in Heesch, the Netherlands.
414 Sarnia Imperials Squadron. Spitfire LFIX aircraft MJ 912 had engine failure at low altitude and Flying Officer McEachern attempted a landing. The aircraft was hit by enemy ground fire and burst into flames before crashing in the village of Heesch.
As quoted from Traces of War link on right:
"He was married on September 7 1942 in Toronto with Gertrude Millicent McEachern nee Hoult of St Catharines Ontario and their daughter was Bonnie Suzanne McEachern (1944). Gertrude remarried later as Mrs. Bryan. His sisters were Francis Nellie and Edna Jean Carmylita McEachern.
He was a presser and member of the Presbyterian Church. His hobbies were boating, playing cards and billiards and his sports were hunting, swimming, hockey, rugby, skiing and boat racings.
He served two months with a Non-Permanent Active Militia of Canada. He enlisted on October 14 1940 then the RCAF in Kingston Ontario and he went on November 9 1943 thereafter overseas to the UK.
John was killed in action on Saturday September 16 1944 age 29 due to a crash at the village Vinkel near ‘s- Hertogenbosch before or after a support mission for the airborne landings near Eindhoven and Arnhem during operation Market Garden and he was shot down then by Flak."
414 Sarnia Imperials Squadron. Spitfire LFIX aircraft MJ 912 had engine failure at low altitude and Flying Officer McEachern attempted a landing. The aircraft was hit by enemy ground fire and burst into flames before crashing in the village of Heesch.
As quoted from Traces of War link on right:
"He was married on September 7 1942 in Toronto with Gertrude Millicent McEachern nee Hoult of St Catharines Ontario and their daughter was Bonnie Suzanne McEachern (1944). Gertrude remarried later as Mrs. Bryan. His sisters were Francis Nellie and Edna Jean Carmylita McEachern.
He was a presser and member of the Presbyterian Church. His hobbies were boating, playing cards and billiards and his sports were hunting, swimming, hockey, rugby, skiing and boat racings.
He served two months with a Non-Permanent Active Militia of Canada. He enlisted on October 14 1940 then the RCAF in Kingston Ontario and he went on November 9 1943 thereafter overseas to the UK.
John was killed in action on Saturday September 16 1944 age 29 due to a crash at the village Vinkel near ‘s- Hertogenbosch before or after a support mission for the airborne landings near Eindhoven and Arnhem during operation Market Garden and he was shot down then by Flak."
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| RCAF | 414 | -- | |
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| Serial | Note | Date |
| MJ912 | burst into flames from enemy ground attack on attempted landing | 1944-09-16 |
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by: Justin 2024-05-17 07:54:42
John Mceachern died in Spitfire lX MJ912 on 16.09.1944
Henry O'Keefe died in Spitfire LFIX MJ992 on 5.1.1944
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by: Justin 2024-05-17 07:54:55
John Mceachern died in Spitfire lX MJ912 on 16.09.1944
Henry O'Keefe died in Spitfire LFIX MJ992 on 5.1.1944
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