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Peter Joseph Gandy

In memory of:

Flying Officer Peter Joseph Gandy

June 8, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

J/25531

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

431 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Son of Agnes Gandy, and stepson of Joseph Skoez, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 312 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BLEVY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Eure-et-Loir, France

Grave Reference:

Coll. grave.

Location:

Blevy is a village and commune 32 kilometres north-west of Chartres and 18 kilometres south-west of Dreux. The most practical course is to take a taxi from Dreux. The cemetery is north of the village on the D.20 road from Dreux. Some 17 yards south of the crucifix in the centre of the cemetery is the collective grave of eight airmen. Three of them belonged to the Royal Air Force and five to the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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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– Flying Officer Peter Joseph Gandy is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Peter Joseph Gandy is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of PETER JOSEPH GANDY– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of PETER JOSEPH GANDY– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Other– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– 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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