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Military service
Service number:
J/90421
Age:
21
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
431 Sqdn.
Death:
June 17, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XII. F. 10.
Additional information
Son of Wilfrid W. and Magdalen Obright, of Walkerton, Ontario.
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Pilot Officer Vernon Patrick Obright as commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Pilot Officer Vernon Patrick Obright is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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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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Groesbeek Cemetery<P> (Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands)<P> LK837 was one of four 431 Sqdn Halifaxes lost on this operation. This crew was airborne 2314 16Jun44 from Croft. Shot down by a night-fighter, crashing at Meijel (Limburg). P/O Johnson RCAF and Sgt Obright RCAF are buried in Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, while the others killed are buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery. The crew were: P/O E.O.Johnson RCAF; Sgt D.Shenton, F/O R.W.Jones and P/O W.R.Chapman RAF; and RCAF Sgts E.C.Green and V.P.O'Bright. F/O R.C.B.Garrity, RCAF, survived and was taken PoW. (Source: //lostbombers.co.uk) -
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Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Vernon Patrick Obright
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Vernon Patrick Obright
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Vernon Patrick Obright
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Vernon Patrick Obright
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Vernon Patrick Obright
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Vernon Patrick Obright
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Vernon Patrick Obright
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Vernon Patrick Obright
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Vernon Patrick Obright
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 407 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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