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Bruce Emmott Watt

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Bruce Emmott Watt

April 17, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

J/90946

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

49 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of Haney and Abbie Watt, of South River, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 225 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
Germany

Grave Reference:

Collective Grave 2. F. 19-20

Location:

Durnbach is a village 16 kilometres east of Bad Tolz, a town 48 kilometres south of Munich. Durnbach War Cemetery is 3 kilometres north of the village Gmund am Tegernsee. Using the A8 from Munich, turn off at the junction Holzkirchen, taking the 318 road in the direction of Gmund am Tegernsee. At the crossroads with the 472, turn left in the direction of Miesbach. The cemetery is situated approximately 500 metres on the left from the 318/472 crossroads.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the North Bay Nugget. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the North Bay Nugget. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Bruce Emmott Watt– Sgt. Bruce Emmott Watt, posthumously promoted to the rank of Pilot Officer photographed with his earlier Service Number. He died when the 49th Sqd RAF Lancaster bomber crashed on the return from a raid on Plzen, Czekoslovakia early in the morning of April 17, 1943.

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    Photo of Bruce Emmott Watt – Sgt. Bruce Emmott Watt, posthumously promoted to the rank of Pilot Officer photographed with his earlier Service Number. He died when the 49th Sqd RAF Lancaster bomber crashed on the return from a raid on Plzen, Czekoslovakia early in the morning of April 17, 1943.
  • Memorial– Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Bruce Emmott Watt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Bruce Emmott Watt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Bruce Emmott Watt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Bruce Emmott Watt 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

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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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