In memory of

Flight Sergeant

John Ott

who died on 24 Sep 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R4418
  Date of death 19440924
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R4418 Flight Sergeant (No. 405 City of Vancouver Squadron RCAF air gunner) John Ott (b.1918) of Bengough was KIA 19420924 and is buried at Aabenraa cemetery, Jutland, southwestern Denmark. Ott's Halifax was shot down during a night raid on Flensburg, Germany. He was the son of Howard and Flora Jean (Coubrough) Ott who came from Michigan and Ontario respectively and homesteaded SW5-8-23-W2 northwest of Glasnevin. John was born at Ogema and was working as a trucker when he enlisted at Regina on the outbreak of the war, leaving a wife Mary Craig at Regina (she later moved to Chemainus, British Columbia).

WM Webb and JM Rankin died on the same flight.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 40 - Bengough
  Cemetery or memorial location Aabenraa cemetery, Jutland, Denmark    

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  Honour roll location(s) Bengough
  Geo-memorial Ott Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 59.3833°N / 104.7833°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74P7
  Geo-memorial details Northeast of Black Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19180529
  Place of birth Ogema    
  Date of enlistment 19390914
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Bengough    
  Occupation trucker
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