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Military service
Service number:
J/17355
Age:
22
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
166 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
June 25, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. 17. 22.
Additional information
Son of Ross Randolph and Marion Alice Currie, of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.
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Newspaper Clipping
The Red Deer Advocate 3 Nov 43 P/O Currie was the son of Mr. & Mrs. R. Currie, North Red Deer, Alberta. Information about the crash from www.lostbombers.co.uk Airborne 2314 24Jun43 from Kirmington. Shot down by a night-fighter (Hptm Werner Hoffman, 11./NJG5) and crashed 0151 at Dessel (Antwerpen), Belgium. All are buried in Brussels Town Cemetery. P/O R.E.Currie RCAF KIA Sgt N.A.M.Cawthra KIA F/S N.B.Touzel KIA Sgt G.H.Williams KIA Sgt F.Needham KIA 'Air Battle of the Ruhr', A.Cooper, records F/S N.B,Touzel as F/S N.Towzel. " -
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Casualty Notification Form
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Newspaper clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Pilot Officer Robert Eldyrn Currie is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Pilot Officer Robert Eldyrn Currie is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Robert Eldyrn Currie
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Pilot Officer Robert Eldyrn Currie
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert Eldyrn Currie
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert Eldyrn Currie
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert Eldyrn Currie
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert Eldyrn Currie
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert Eldyrn Currie
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert Eldyrn Currie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 150 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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