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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Ernest Osborne Heyworth

In memory of:

Flying Officer Ernest Osborne Heyworth

June 3, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

J/21597

Age:

19

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

10 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Son of Ernest and Nellie Heyworth, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 334 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

VII. C. 12.

Location:

St Desir is a village on the N13 to Caen, 4 kilometres west of Lisieux. The war cemetery is about one kilometre west of the village and lies on a secondary road, the D159.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flying Officer Ernest Osborne Heyworth is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer Ernest Osborne Heyworth is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Ernest Osborne Heyworth is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer Ernest Osborne Heyworth is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– 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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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Identification– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Identification – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Ernest Osborne Heyworth– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of Ernest Osborne Heyworth – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Ernest Osborne Heyworth– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of Ernest Osborne Heyworth
    Photo of Ernest Osborne Heyworth – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation paper– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Attestation paper – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter of recommendation– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Letter of recommendation
    Letter of recommendation – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Edmonton Bulletin June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Edmonton Bulletin June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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