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Frederick Wittmack

In memory of:

Flying Officer Frederick Wittmack

July 26, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

J/24276

Age:

31

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

432 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Son of Adolf and Marie Wittmack, Consort, Alberta, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 481 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BRETENIERE CHURCHYARD
Cotes-d'Or, France

Grave Reference:

Coll. grave 1.

Location:

Breteniere is a village and commune 10 kilometres south-east of Dijon. The collective grave of British and Canadian airmen is to the right of the entrance.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Grave marker– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Frederick Wittmack– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Frederick Wittmack– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Service book– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Frederick Wittmack– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Group Photo– His head stone, in uniform, with his brother, who went in Army, His brother, sister my mother, me and Gerald my brother, His parents, Wedding Hamburg 1905
This is our Uncle born 17 Jun 1913 in Loyalist Alberta, Canada  son or Adolf and Marie Wittmack, German immigrants form Hamburg, Germany in 1906. They first moved to Vaughn, Washington and they to Canada,  where they homesteaded in Loyalist, Alberta, Canada
Brother of:			         
Annie Wittmack Topham   	
Max Wittmack			
Gertrude Wittmack Kee		
Hans Wittmack	`		
Ernest Wittmack		         
Nephews and Nieces
Max’s  Children: Darlene,  Donald,  Kenneth, Kathleen and Keith.
Annie: Gordon and Gayle
Gertrude: Gerald, Roger and Penny ( We, Gerald and I are the only ones to have met Fred as children)
Gerald and I are up in age,  he will be 80 and I will turn 77.
Hans: Marie, Janice, Davis and Linda
Earnest: Brian, Brenda, Beverly, Bruce and Calvin
  • Breteniere Churchyard
  • Photo of FREDERICK WITTMACK– Flying Officer Frederick Wittmack is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of FREDERICK WITTMACK– Flying Officer Frederick Wittmack is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of FREDERICK WITTMACK– 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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