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Military service
Service number:
J/25706
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
640 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
March 31, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
10. D. 8.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Ralph Douglas Van Fleet
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Grave Marker
photo of grave marker courtesy of Des Philippet F/O Van Fleet was bomb aimer on Halifax LW 555 when it was shot down by a night-fighter on an operation against Nuremberg, Germany on the night of 30/31 March 1944. Two other Canadians were also killed. They were the pilot, F/O Charles E. O’Brien,of Toronto and the navigator, F/O R. H. Carleton of Kingston It was the fourth operation for the three Canadians. -
Grave marker
Photo or original wooden cross -
Photo of RALPH DOUGLAS VAN FLEET
RCAF photo before training. -
Photo of RALPH DOUGLAS VAN FLEET
RCAF photo taken after receiving his wings. -
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 Ralph Douglas Van Fleet is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Ralph Douglas Van Fleet is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Identification
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ralph Douglas Van Fleet
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ralph Douglas Van Fleet
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ralph Douglas Van Fleet
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ralph Douglas Van Fleet
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ralph Douglas Van Fleet
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ralph Douglas Van Fleet
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ralph Douglas Van Fleet
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ralph Douglas Van Fleet
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ralph Douglas Van Fleet
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 468 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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