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Sergeant James “Jock” Kennedy Oliver RAFVR,was born in 1911 in
Edinburgh, Scotland. He worked as an apprentice engineer, and when
there was a lack of work, he worked as a scaffolder, till he
enlisted in the RAF. After the war he worked as a trainee bricklayer
in Worcester before moving back to Edinburgh where was a squad
foreman till retiring aged seventy. A keen golfer, he played every
day until he passed away on the 10th of June 1989.
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James Oliver back row, second from left. Other airmen unknown. |
He was a survivor of a crew who had made an abrupt turn to starboard
on take off and crashed into a rock pile prior to joining the Sumner
crew.
The crew consisted of:
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Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
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F/O “Bill” Sumner |
RCAF |
Pilot |
London, Ontario |
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Sgt Jim “Jock” Oliver |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
Edinburgh, Scotland |
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F/O Jim O’Neil |
RCAF |
Navigator |
London, Ontario |
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F/Sgt William Lloyd Fulford |
RCAF |
Bomb Aimer |
Clinton, Ontario |
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F/Sgt T. "Yogi" Merchant |
RCAF |
W/Op/AG |
Toronto, Ontario |
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W/O Harry Armstrong |
RAAF |
M/U Gunner |
Allendale, Australia |
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F/O Bill Gordon |
RCAF |
Rear Gunner |
Sault Ste Marie, Ontario |
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