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Son of George and Ruby Townsend, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Russell William Townsend
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Russell William Townsend
From the Vancouver Sun. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Russell William Townsend
Flight Sergeant Russell William Townsend is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Russell William Townsend
Flight Sergeant Russell William Townsend is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Russell William Townsend
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Russell William Townsend
22 April 2018, CEFRG (Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group) cefrg.ca
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Russell William Townsend
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Vancouver Sun. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Flight Sergeant Russell William Townsend is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant Russell William Townsend is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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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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22 April 2018, CEFRG (Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group) cefrg.ca
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From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 221 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MAASTRICHT GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands
Maastricht is a large town on the River Maas, close to the Belgian frontier, 40 kilometres north of Liege in Belgium. The MAASTRICHT GENERAL CEMETERY is some 3 kilometres south-west of the town on the west side of the road to Tongres, in Belgium. The war graves are in an extension on the north-east side of the cemetery.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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