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Military service
Service number:
J/88110
Age:
22
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
626 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
May 23, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
12. C. 7.
Additional information
Son of George Herbert and Ethel Morritt, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Flying Officer John Beswick Morritt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flying Officer John Beswick Morritt 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
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands<P> Lancaster NE118 was delivered to No.626 Sqdn 16May44 Lost on its first operation with a total of 4 recorded hours. Airborne 2237 22May44 from Wickenby on a mission over Dortmund. Crashed in Holland at Asten (Noord-Brabant), 10 km SE from the centre of Helmond. Those killed were buried at Venlo. They have been subsequently re-interred in the Jonkerbos War Cemetery. Canadian F/O Morritt as were RAF Sgts I.A.Pretswell and R.W.Richardson. Canadian F/S R. H. Punter evaded, as did RAF F/S E. Grisdale. Two RAF members, Sgt R.A.J.Sindall and Sgt R.J.Turtle, were taken PoW. (Source: //lostbombers.co.uk) -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.January 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.January 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Service Book
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Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Beswick Morritt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Beswick Morritt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Beswick Morritt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Beswick Morritt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Beswick Morritt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Beswick Morritt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Beswick Morritt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Beswick Morritt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Beswick Morritt
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 399 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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