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RCAF Church Services for John Allan Smith

RCAF Church Services for John Allan Smith

Date1955
Dimensions20.4 x 16.5 cm
Credit LineGift of S. Kevin Henderson, London, on behalf of Gordon B. Smith and family, 2008.
Object number2008.022.048
Label TextThis funeral service booklet is from the funeral of Flying Officer John Allan Smith (1934-1955). On April 2, 1955, the T-33 jet trainer he was flying crashed near London’s Tweedsmuir Avenue, 500 metres from Smith’s own home. Both Smith and RCAF Flight Cadet William H. Couldridge (1933-1955), from Arva, died. Part of Canada’s early Cold War military, the two young men had enlisted to defend their country and its allies.
NameAnnouncement, Funeral