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Halifax RCAF Bomber memorial - Taken by Leslie Scarborough 01 Jan 2000
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432 Sqdn RCAF Halifax memorial - Taken by Chris Leach 21 Sep 2013
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432 Sqdn RCAF Halifax memorial - Taken by Chris Leach 21 Sep 2013
Reference WMO/152979
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- Second World War (1939-1945)
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THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED IN 1979 BY THE FRINTON AND WALTON RAFA TO COMMEMORATE THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RAF FORMATION AND THE 30TH ANNINVERSARY OF THE FORMATION OF THIS BRANCH. THE AIRSCREW BLADES WERE RECOVERED IN 1979 BY THE OFFICERS AND CADETS OF 308 SQUADRON OF COLCHESTER AND CLACTON AIR TRANING CORPS FROM A SITE WHERE A HALIFAX BOMBER OF 432 SQUADRON THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE CRASHED IN THE NAZE WHILST RETURNING FROM AN OPERATIONAL MISSION ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH 5/6 1945 KILLING ALL MEMBERS THE MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO ALL LOCAL MEN AND WOMEN (WHO DIED) AND TO THE MEMORY OF THE HALIFAX CREW/ (Names)/ SEVEN OF THE ABOVE ARE BURIED AT BROOKWOOD CEMETERY, SURREY AND ONE AT MONMOUTH, SOUTH WALES (Line spacing not known)
(Pilot) Sqdn/Ldr Edwin Alfred HAYES, RCAF, (Co-Pilot)Flt/Lt John George CLOTHIER RCAF, age 25, Son of Robert Le Roy Clothier and Patty Margaret Clothier, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Flight Engineer) Pilot Off, Douglas Marvin COOKE, RAFVR, age 21, Son of Vincent and Marjorie Cooke; husband of Eveline Nellie Cooke, of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. (Navigator) Flg Off Colin Maxwell HAY D.S.O., RCAF, age 31, Son of Walter Maxwell Hay and Annie Seton Hay; husband of Bette Aileen Hay, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (Air Bomber) Pilot Off D. RINGROSE, RCAF, age 23, Son of Michael and Julia Agnes Ryan Ringrose, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) Flt Lt Glenn Royal HARRIS, RCAF, age 25, Son of Albert Charles and Lillian Mae Harris; husband of Peggy Harwood Harris, of Stratford, Ontario, Canada. (Air Gunner) Pilot Off Marius Bendt NIELSEN*, RCAF, age 19, Son of Otto Thorvald Nielsen and Sorena Nielsen, of Standard, Alberta, Canada. (Air Gunner) Pilot Off Gilbert Melbourne ORSER, RCAF, age 19, Son of George G. Orser and Annie C. Orser, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. * name incorrectly spelled as NEILSON on the memorial.
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