Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Photo of Keith Coates – Keith Coates was born January 27, 1913, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Coates of 329 Wortley Road, London, Ontario. He attended Wortley Road Public School, South Collegiate and was studying to be a doctor at the University of Western Ontario Medical School when war commenced. He enlisted in the Air Force in June 1940, earned his observer wing and was posted to England in February 1941. He was the navigator in a Wellington bomber of #9 RAF Squadron on the night of July 8, 1941, when it was shot down over Veno Holland.

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

Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Memorial – Pilot Officer Grossett Keith Coates 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

Memorial – Pilot Officer Grossett Keith Coates is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Temporary grave marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Grave marker – Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England