John Peter Grace Photo: AS 18 JUL 2024 + 14 JUL 2021  
Updated: 26 JUL 2024

Airman: a040001.htm Surname: Grace Init: J P Rank: F/O Service: RCAF Sqdn: 424

P_link: p381.htm Plane: HAL MZ901 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Near Idom

Crash_d: d151044 Buried_d: b150645 C_link: c040.htm At_Next: Idom

 HAL MZ901 styrtede ned her, få kilometer fra Idom og Holstebro. Se p381MACR.
Se mindekors på Idom Kirkegård. Fotos A * B * C * D       Google Map p381 Halifax MZ901     
Se en udførlig Beretning fra Evald Sønderby om flystyrtet baseret på øjenvidneskildringer.

De tyske soldater begravede de faldne flyvere "på stedet" efter deres stående ordre fra august
1944. Se mere i FAF Resume. Krigen blev stadig mere bitter.
Disse flyvere blev begravet rigtigt på Idom Kirkegård den 15. juni 1945. Se mere ved flyet HAL MZ901.

Flying Officer (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) John Peter Grace, 20 år, var søn af William og Barbara Grace, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. (Kilde: CWGC) Se hans datter Elizabeth Grace i 1992.  7 flyvere.

HAL MZ901 crashed here, a few kilometres from Idom and Holstebro. See p381MACR.
See memorial cross in Idom Churchyard. Photos  A * B * C * D    
Google Map p381 Halifax MZ901
See a comprehensive Account from Evald Sønderby about the air crash based on eye witness accounts.

On 15 October 1944 HAL MZ901 was shot down here a few kilometres from Idom and Holstebro.
See memorial cross in Idom Churchyard.

The German soldiers buried the fallen airmen "on the spot" according to their orders from August 1944. See more in FAF Summary. The war grew still more bitter. These airmen were properly
buried in Idom Churchyard on 15 June 1945. See more at the plane HAL MZ901.

Flying Officer (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) John Peter Grace, 20, was the son of William
and Barbara Grace, of Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. (Source: CWGC)
See his daughter Elizabeth Grace in 1992. His name is engraved on the
Memorial Wall at the BC Museum of Canada. The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has this.
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 172.
"Merciful Jesus / grant him rest." / Ever remembered. / Mother, Dad and sisters

Halifax III MZ901 QB-N took off from RAF Skipton on Swale at 18.22 hrs on 15 OCT 1944.
(Source: Aircrew Remembered has this + Archive Report.)