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Son of Clifford Hastings Kettley and Rosalie Kettley, of Mission City, British Columbia, Canada.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II Clifford John Vosper Kettley
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Clifford John Vosper Kettley
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c. 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Clifford John Vosper Kettley
Clifford with his brother Percy who was with 5 Canadian Motorcycle Regiment in
Italy and Germany.
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Clifford John Vosper Kettley
Warrant Officer Class II Clifford John Vosper Kettley is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Clifford John Vosper Kettley
Warrant Officer Class II Clifford John Vosper Kettley is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Clifford John Vosper Kettley
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
Warrant Officer Class II Clifford John Vosper Kettley
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Clifford John Vosper Kettley
Air crew plot in Ten Boer (Groningen) Protestant Cemetery.
(Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands.)
F/O McCracken was a member of 405 Squadron, Pathfinder Force.
Halifax HR864 was airborne 2146 25 Jul 43 from Gransden Lodge. Outbound, the aircraft was shot down by a night-fighter crashing at Ten Boer (Groningen) 12 km NE of Groningen, Holland.
The crew are: F/O M. E. Tomczak; Sgt A. J. Wood RAF; F/O A. P. McCracken; Sgt C. J. V. Kettley; Sgt E. K. White; F/S M. S. Smyth; F/O A.J.Sochowski was interned in Camp L3, PoW No.1649.
(Source: www.lostbombers.co.uk)
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Clifford John Vosper Kettley
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands.
Image gallery
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From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c. 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Clifford with his brother Percy who was with 5 Canadian Motorcycle Regiment in Italy and Germany.
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Warrant Officer Class II Clifford John Vosper Kettley is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Warrant Officer Class II Clifford John Vosper Kettley 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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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Air crew plot in Ten Boer (Groningen) Protestant Cemetery. (Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands.) F/O McCracken was a member of 405 Squadron, Pathfinder Force. Halifax HR864 was airborne 2146 25 Jul 43 from Gransden Lodge. Outbound, the aircraft was shot down by a night-fighter crashing at Ten Boer (Groningen) 12 km NE of Groningen, Holland. The crew are: F/O M. E. Tomczak; Sgt A. J. Wood RAF; F/O A. P. McCracken; Sgt C. J. V. Kettley; Sgt E. K. White; F/S M. S. Smyth; F/O A.J.Sochowski was interned in Camp L3, PoW No.1649. (Source: www.lostbombers.co.uk)
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Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands.
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Page 177 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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