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Theodore Phillip Bourque

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Theodore Phillip Bourque

April 25, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

J/89946

Age:

20

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

78 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Born:

September 27, 1923
Port Arthur, Ontario

Enlistment:

November 9, 1942
Vancouver, British Columbia

Son of Wilbert Edward Bourque and Muriel Helen Bourque (née Smith), of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 255 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BENESTROFF COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Moselle, France

Grave Reference:

Coll. grave 1-4.

Location:

Benestroff is a village in the Department of the Moselle, 50 kilometres south-east of Metz. The communal cemetery is on the southern side of the village, on the road to Marimont. Near the south-eastern wall, a few metres from the eastern corner of the cemetery, are the graves of 5 airmen; 4 of them belonged to the Royal Air Force and 1 to the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Theodore Phillip Bourque is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Theodore Phillip Bourque is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Theodore Phillip Bourque is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Theodore Phillip Bourque 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
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    Grave marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Theodore Phillip Bourque– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of Theodore Phillip Bourque – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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    Photo of Theodore Phillip Bourque – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Id Card– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.January 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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

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

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