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Military service
Service number:
R/225109
Age:
21
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
419 Sqdn.
Death:
November 22, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot E. Row 5. Coll. grave 4-7.
Additional information
Son of William C. and Mary E. Howitson, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Sergeant George Alexander Howitson
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Grave Marker
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Photo of GEORGE ALEXANDER HOWITSON
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Group Photo
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Sergeant George Alexander Howitson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant George Alexander Howitson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
Grave marker from George Alexander Howitson at Diever general cemetery, The Netherlands. -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Alexander Howitson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Alexander Howitson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Alexander Howitson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Alexander Howitson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Alexander Howitson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Alexander Howitson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Alexander Howitson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Alexander Howitson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Alexander Howitson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 172 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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DIEVER GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands
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