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Joseph Friedt

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Class II Joseph Friedt

May 28, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

R/158288

Age:

20

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

101 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Son of Ralph and Justina Friedt, of Merid, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 310 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

SOMMELSDIJK GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Coll. grave 29-32.

Location:

Sommelsdijk is in the northern part of the island of Oberflakkee, and is about 42 kilometres south-west of Rotterdam and 59 kilometres west-north-west of Breda. The SOMMELSDIJK GENERAL CEMETERY is on the western outskirts of the village, about 450 metres south of the road to Dirksland. The graves are in the south-western part.

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

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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– Warrant Officer Class II Joseph Friedt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Class II Joseph Friedt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Class II Joseph Friedt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Class II Joseph Friedt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Grave marker– Gravestone at Sommelsdijk General Cemetery. There are the graves of eight airmen, six of whom came from the United Kingdom and one each from Canada and Australia. They died on 28/05/1944.

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    Grave marker – Gravestone at Sommelsdijk General Cemetery. There are the graves of eight airmen, six of whom came from the United Kingdom and one each from Canada and Australia. They died on 28/05/1944.
  • Cemetery– Gravestones of eight airment in Sommelsdijk General Cemetery. six of whom came from the United Kingdom and one each from Canada and Australia. They died on 28/05/1944.

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    Cemetery – Gravestones of eight airment in Sommelsdijk General Cemetery. six of whom came from the United Kingdom and one each from Canada and Australia. They died on 28/05/1944.
  • Memorial– MEMORIAL at Sommelsdijk Cemetery This Memorial commemorates the killed crew of a Lancaster bomber which crashed down in Sommelsdijk. The crew is also buried here. Commonwealth War Graves Sommelsdijk. Dutch text on the Memorial (translated to English): 1940 - 1945 DEDICATED TO THEM WHO GAVE THEIR YOUNG LIFE FOR OUR FREEDOM 28 MAY 1944

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    Memorial – MEMORIAL at Sommelsdijk Cemetery This Memorial commemorates the killed crew of a Lancaster bomber which crashed down in Sommelsdijk. The crew is also buried here. Commonwealth War Graves Sommelsdijk. Dutch text on the Memorial (translated to English): 1940 - 1945 DEDICATED TO THEM WHO GAVE THEIR YOUNG LIFE FOR OUR FREEDOM 28 MAY 1944
  • Memorial– MEMORIAL at Sommelsdijk Cemetery This Memorial commemorates the killed crew of a Lancaster bomber which crashed down in Sommelsdijk. The crew is also buried here. Commonwealth War Graves Sommelsdijk. Dutch text on the Memorial (translated to English): 1940 - 1945 DEDICATED TO THEM WHO GAVE THEIR YOUNG LIFE FOR OUR FREEDOM 28 MAY 1944

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    Memorial – MEMORIAL at Sommelsdijk Cemetery This Memorial commemorates the killed crew of a Lancaster bomber which crashed down in Sommelsdijk. The crew is also buried here. Commonwealth War Graves Sommelsdijk. Dutch text on the Memorial (translated to English): 1940 - 1945 DEDICATED TO THEM WHO GAVE THEIR YOUNG LIFE FOR OUR FREEDOM 28 MAY 1944
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  • Photo of JOSEPH FRIEDT– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of JOSEPH FRIEDT – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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    Photo of JOSEPH FRIEDT – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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