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 Elvin Curtis Purney is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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

Photo of ELVIN CURTIS PURNEY – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of ELVIN CURTIS PURNEY – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Service Book – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Notification of death – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Discharge certificate – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Correspondence – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Gravemarker

Group Photo – Elvin Curtis Purney, RCAF, J.19590 P, Pilot Officer, on Lancaster JA712-BQ-H, KIA in Rebecq, Belgium on 27/28 May 1944, buried in Cemetery of Brussels-Evere, Coll. Grave X1829 Parents: Alexander Elvin Purney and Mabel Purney. Thomas Edward Flanagan, RCAF, J.92033, Navigator on Lancaster JA712-BQ-H, KIA in Rebecq, Belgium on 27/28 May 1944, buried in Cemetery of Brussels-Evere, Coll. Grave X28.31. Parents: Edward James Flanagan and Minnie Flanagan, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Nephew of Emma Hollis, of Ottawa, Ontario. Elie Molnar, RCAF, R.168366 A/B, Bomber, jumped with his parachute, was rescued and hidden by Belgian resistance.

Close up photo of Elvin Purney