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Military service
Service number:
J/87441
Age:
21
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
148 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
January 5, 1923
Regina, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
April 24, 1942
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
September 12, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave VI. C. 5-6.
Additional information
Son of John Vincent O'Brien and Velma Elizabeth O'Brien, of Regina, Saskatchewan.
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142 (RAF) Squadron Halifax II BB412 with mainly Royal Canadian Air Force crew flew into a mountain near Turin while on a supply drop to partisan forces with all crew KIA - Pilot Officer John Ervin O'BRIEN (J/87441) Pilot / Warrant Officer Class II Richard Alvinzie CROWELL (R/153348) Wireless Op / Flight Sergeant James Howard IRELAND (R/162102) Air Gunner / Flying Officer Joseph Miller PARKINSON (J/27460) Air Bomber / Flight Sergeant Albert Major VANDERHART (R/206366) Air Gunner / Flight Sergeant Bruce Woodward ELLISON (RNZAF 4310166) Navigator / Flight Sergeant Douglas Julius IVES (RAF 1615762) Flight Engineer / Sergeant Ronald McKEEN (RAF 2210512) Air Gunner / Captain WHITAKER of the Parachute regiment -
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From the Regina Leader Post October 1945. Submitted for the project Operation
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Pilot Officer John Ervin O'Brien
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Pilot Officer John Ervin O'Brien
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Ervin O'Brien
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Pilot Officer John Ervin O'Brien
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Ervin O'Brien
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Ervin O'Brien
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Pilot Officer John Ervin O'Brien
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Commemorated on:
Page 407 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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