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Digital gallery of Sergeant Murray Nesbitt
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Murray Nesbitt
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands.<P>
Airborne 2322 12 May 43 from Snaith. Cause of loss not established. Crashed 0202 near Achlum (Friesland), 5 km SE of Harlingen, Holland, where all are buried in the town's General Cemetery.
The 6 RAF crew members were: Sgt D.C.Smith; Sgt E.F.Kinerman; Sgt E.W.Thomson; Sgt B.A.Bunting; Sgt C.L.King; Sgt W.J.Merrigan.
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands.<P> Airborne 2322 12 May 43 from Snaith. Cause of loss not established. Crashed 0202 near Achlum (Friesland), 5 km SE of Harlingen, Holland, where all are buried in the town's General Cemetery. The 6 RAF crew members were: Sgt D.C.Smith; Sgt E.F.Kinerman; Sgt E.W.Thomson; Sgt B.A.Bunting; Sgt C.L.King; Sgt W.J.Merrigan.
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Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands
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From the Toronto Star June 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star June 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram June 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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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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Sergeant Murray Nesbitt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Sergeant Murray Nesbitt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 198 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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HARLINGEN GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands
Harlingen, a town and port on the seaboard of the Waddenzee 38 kilometres west of Leeuwarden and 28 kilometres north-west of Sneek, is the port for the Frisian Islands of Vlieland and Terschelling. The HARLINGEN GENERAL CEMETERY is on the northern outskirts of the town, about 1 kilometre from the station. The British plot is to the left of the main path in the south-western part of the cemetery.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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