Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Pilot Officer Charles Hamel is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Pilot Officer Charles Hamel is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Photo of CHARLES HAMEL – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of CHARLES HAMEL – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Attestation paper – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Group Photo – Photo submitted for the project Operation Picture Me with the permission of Lashburn Saskatchewan Legion Branch #73 from their web site, ¿Lashburn Legion Branch #73¿

Group Photo – Photo submitted for the project Operation Picture Me with the permission of Lashburn Saskatchewan Legion Branch #73 from their web site, ¿Lashburn Legion Branch #73¿

Cemetery – Photo of Blacon Cemetery, Chester, England (CWGC) Wellington MF509 was flying out of #22 Operational Training Unit in Warwickshire. On November 20, 1944, the crew were on a night cross-country exercise when it began to lose height due to icing. All the crew were killed when it struck Gareg Goch in the Black Mountains, Wales. The crew were: Sgt. (P) Charles Hamel Sgt. (N) Jules Villeneuve F/O (BA) William Allison Sgt. (AG) Arthur Groulx Sgt. (AG) Gerald Du Sablon Sgt.(WAG) Joseph Burke (Courtesy "They Shall Grow Not Old", Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba.)