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Military service
Service number:
R/165833
Rank:
Aircraftman 2nd Class
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
October 14, 1942
Cabot Strait
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 2. Column 1.
Digital gallery of Aircraftman 2nd Class Raymond Watson
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S.S Caribou
He died on board the SS Caribou on 14 October 1942 when it was sunk by a German U-boat. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Ottawa Memorial … In honoured memory of the men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth and Empire who gave their lives in Canada, in the United States of America and in neighbouring lands and seas and who have no known grave. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens October 2023. -
Memorial
Aircraftman 2nd Class Raymond Watson as commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial, Ottawa, ON. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens October 2023. -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the St Catharines Standard .c1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the St Catharines Standard .c1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Aircraftman 2nd Class Raymond Watson
Digital gallery of
Aircraftman 2nd Class Raymond Watson
Digital gallery of
Aircraftman 2nd Class Raymond Watson
Digital gallery of
Aircraftman 2nd Class Raymond Watson
Digital gallery of
Aircraftman 2nd Class Raymond Watson
Digital gallery of
Aircraftman 2nd Class Raymond Watson
Digital gallery of
Aircraftman 2nd Class Raymond Watson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 123 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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