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Military service
Service number:
J/22555
Age:
25
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
100 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
May 26, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
18. E. 6.
Additional information
Son of John Thomas Petts and Charlotte Maria Petts, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Brother of Flight Sergeant John Russell Petts, who died during service with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Henry Neville Petts
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Newspaper clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: PIcture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Cemetery
Cemetery Photo used with permission of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands -
Grave Marker
F/O Petts was navigator on Lancaster LM320 of 100 (RAF) Squadron. The crew were never heard of again after take-off. His brother FS (P) John Russell Petts had been killed earlier on Dec. 28 1941 when his Whitley aircraft crashed. (They Shall Grow Not Old, The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba) Photo used with permission of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands -
Memorial
Flying Officer Henry Neville Petts is 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 -
Memorial
Flying Officer Henry Neville Petts is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of HENRY NEVILLE PETTS
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Henry Neville Petts
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Henry Neville Petts
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Henry Neville Petts
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Henry Neville Petts
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Henry Neville Petts
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Henry Neville Petts
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Henry Neville Petts
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Henry Neville Petts
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Henry Neville Petts
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 203 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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