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Gordon Bentley Pronger

In memory of:

Flying Officer Gordon Bentley Pronger

January 22, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

22627

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

51 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Son of Archie R. md Mary A Pronger, of Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 421 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

OLDEBROEK GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Grave 11.

Location:

Oldebroek is situated 14 kilometres south-west of Zwolle on the main Amersfoon-Zwolle road. The OLDEBROEK GENERAL CEMETERY is 1 kilometre south-east of the village on the by-road to Mullegen. The British plot is laid out in the form of a pelouse d'honneur at the southern end of the cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star December 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star December 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Gordon Pronger– F/O Pronger in uniform

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    Photo of Gordon Pronger – F/O Pronger in uniform
  • Newspaper Clipping– My Father, John Cheshel, Campbell grew up with Gordon in Woodstock. Both served in the RCN. Sorting through Dad's stuff I found this notice and wanted his descendants to have a copy. Spencer Campbell Burlington, Ontario

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    Newspaper Clipping – My Father, John Cheshel, Campbell grew up with Gordon in Woodstock. Both served in the RCN. Sorting through Dad's stuff I found this notice and wanted his descendants to have a copy. Spencer Campbell Burlington, Ontario
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Gordon Bentley Pronger is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer Gordon Bentley Pronger is 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

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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 Gordon Bentley Pronger is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer Gordon Bentley Pronger is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Grave Marker– Headstone of G. B. Pronger at Oldebroek Cemetery the Netherlands, taken on June 23, 2016.

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Headstone of G. B. Pronger at Oldebroek Cemetery the Netherlands, taken on June 23, 2016.

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