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F/Lt. John Goodwin Maguire
Royal Canadian Air Force Leaside 432 Sqdn.
from:Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada
(d.21st Feb 1945)
My grandfather, John Maguire enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force when he was about 20 years old. He rose to the rank of Flight Lieutenant and was serving as navigator when his aircraft, a Halifax VII bomber, was shot down on route from East Moor airport to Worms, Germany, on February 21, 1945.
Jack and five other crew members were killed; the remaining member was injured and remained hospitalized until liberation. His crew mates were: Flight Lt. E.S. Maguire (pilot), Sgt. A.A. MacDonald, Flying Officer C.W. McMillan, Flight Lt. C.S. Moir, Flight Sgt. F.T. McLachlan and Flight Sgt. E.J. McCalarty.
