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Son of Wing Cdr. W. G. Attewell, M.B.E., R.C.A.F., and Gladys Ethel Attewell, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
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Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
Photo in The Toronto Star July 13, 1945, page 8
P/O Attewell was Flight Engineer serving in 428 Squadron, RCAF Bomber Command 6 Group. On the night of July 28/29, 1944, 307 aircraft - 187 Halifaxes, 106 Lancasters, 14 Mosquitos from Nos 1, 6 and 8 Groups – were ordered to Hamburg, Germany. Lancaster aircraft KB 759 blew up shortly after take-off outward bound. Along with P/O Attewell the crew were:
P/O (P) Thomas E. Magill, age 26, from Garson, Ont.
P/O (N) James A. Urquhart, age 20, from Montreal, Que.
P/O (BA) Thomas G. Murdoch, age 20, from Lindsay, Ont.
P/O (AG) Francis B. Thaine, age 19, from Northallerton, Yorkshire
P/O (AG) Hugh A. Adams, age 20, from Dafoe, Sask.
[Source: They Shall Grow Not Old, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Man.]
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
The Toronto Star July 13, 1945, page 8
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
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
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
From the Toronto Star June 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
From the Toronto Telegram November 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
From the Toronto Telegram July 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Photo in The Toronto Star July 13, 1945, page 8 P/O Attewell was Flight Engineer serving in 428 Squadron, RCAF Bomber Command 6 Group. On the night of July 28/29, 1944, 307 aircraft - 187 Halifaxes, 106 Lancasters, 14 Mosquitos from Nos 1, 6 and 8 Groups – were ordered to Hamburg, Germany. Lancaster aircraft KB 759 blew up shortly after take-off outward bound. Along with P/O Attewell the crew were: P/O (P) Thomas E. Magill, age 26, from Garson, Ont. P/O (N) James A. Urquhart, age 20, from Montreal, Que. P/O (BA) Thomas G. Murdoch, age 20, from Lindsay, Ont. P/O (AG) Francis B. Thaine, age 19, from Northallerton, Yorkshire P/O (AG) Hugh A. Adams, age 20, from Dafoe, Sask. [Source: They Shall Grow Not Old, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Man.]
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The Toronto Star July 13, 1945, page 8
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell 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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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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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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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star June 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram November 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram July 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 240 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
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