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Alan Buchan Harper

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Alan Buchan Harper

June 23, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

R/70534

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

57 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Brother of Pilot Officer Milton Alexander Harper, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Commemorated on Page 80 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

SAGE WAR CEMETERY
Germany

Grave Reference:

1. F. 9.

Location:

Sage is a village 24 km south of Oldenburg, a town 43 km west of Bremen and 28 km north of the main road from Bremen to Holland. The cemetery lies 2 km south of the village on the west side of the road to Osnabruck. From the A1 Bremen/Munster motorway visitors should leave at the Wildeshousen Nord junction and take 213 following signs for Alhorn and Oldenburg. After 8 km and immediately after the village of Alhorn turn right at the roundabout and follow signs for Oldenburg along the Oldenburgerstrasse. The cemetery lies on the left hand side of the road 4 km from Alhorn.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Cemetery– April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Cemetery – April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Cemetery– Cross of Sacrifice - Sage War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Cemetery – Cross of Sacrifice - Sage War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Grave Marker– Sage War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Grave Marker – Sage War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Alan Buchan Harper is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Alan Buchan Harper is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Alan Buchan Harper is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Alan Buchan Harper 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
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

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    Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Leader Post November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Regina Leader Post November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Leader Post November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Regina Leader Post November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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