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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
J/17326
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
427 Sqdn.
Death:
August 31, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 26. D. 1-3.
Additional information
Son of Basil and M. Vandekerckhove, of Stony Mountain, Manitoba, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer George Pierre Cornelius Vandekerckhove
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Of the more than 600 planes that flew the mission, George's Halifax was one of the 47 that never returned. It was a night time raid over Berlin on Aug 31, 1943. Their plane was spotted by search lights and brought down by Flak. He was considered one of the 'old guys' in a flight crew because he was in his mid-twenties at the time.
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Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper clipping
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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 George Pierre Cornelius Vandekerckhove is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer George Pierre Cornelius Vandekerckhove is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George Pierre Cornelius Vandekerckhove
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George Pierre Cornelius Vandekerckhove
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George Pierre Cornelius Vandekerckhove
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George Pierre Cornelius Vandekerckhove
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George Pierre Cornelius Vandekerckhove
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George Pierre Cornelius Vandekerckhove
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George Pierre Cornelius Vandekerckhove
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George Pierre Cornelius Vandekerckhove
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 222 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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