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Clarence Oswald O'Brien

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Clarence Oswald O'Brien

July 31, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

R/54319

Age:

26

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

418 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of Oswald and Nettie O'Brien, of Arnprior, Ontario, Canada; husband of Irene Lillian O'Brien, of Arnprior.

Commemorated on Page 103 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BERGEN GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Plot 1. Row B. Grave 26.

Location:

Bergen is on the coast 6 kilometres north-west of Alkmaar and 43 kilometres north-north-west of Amsterdam, lying 3 kilometres west of the main Alkmaar-Den Helder road. The BERGEN GENERAL CEMETERY is on the north-eastern outskirts of Bergen, in the road known as Kerkedijk. The British plots are in the south-eastern part of the cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave marker– Grave marker from Clarence O'Brien's grave at Bergen General Cemetery, The Netherlands.

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    Grave marker – Grave marker from Clarence O'Brien's grave at Bergen General Cemetery, The Netherlands.
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The NetherlandsBoston aircraft of 418 City of Edmonton Sqdn was shot down at Mergen, Holland, killing FS O'Brien, WAG; P/O M. Abey, Bomb Aimer, and pilot P/O Robt S. Patterson.

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    Grave Marker – Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The NetherlandsBoston aircraft of 418 City of Edmonton Sqdn was shot down at Mergen, Holland, killing FS O'Brien, WAG; P/O M. Abey, Bomb Aimer, and pilot P/O Robt S. Patterson.
  • Memorial– RAF memorial at the long disused Bradwell on Sea Airfield known as RAF Bradwell Bay in WW2 on the Dengie Peninsular in Essex, United Kingdom. On the two panels are the names of 121 servicemen from the RAF, RCAF and RNZAF who were killed while based here. On 17 Apr 1942, the first squadron to arrive on the station was a No.418 City of Edmonton Intruder Squadron flying twin-engine Boston aircraft.

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    Memorial
    Memorial – RAF memorial at the long disused Bradwell on Sea Airfield known as RAF Bradwell Bay in WW2 on the Dengie Peninsular in Essex, United Kingdom. On the two panels are the names of 121 servicemen from the RAF, RCAF and RNZAF who were killed while based here. On 17 Apr 1942, the first squadron to arrive on the station was a No.418 City of Edmonton Intruder Squadron flying twin-engine Boston aircraft.
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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