Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of Harold James Hurley – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of Harold James Hurley – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Pilot Officer, AG (Air Gunner), Harold James Hurley, J19164, (wearing RCAF issue sweater) – Air Crew, #426 Thunderbird Squadron (On Wings of Fire), 7th Bomber Squadron, in front of Lancaster Mark II aircraft, #DS 846, “Old Black Magic”. Harold Hurley, age 33 and crew were killed in action December 16, 1943. Target : Berlin, Germany. Shot down by a German night fighter aircraft during night operations. Photo credit: Cecil Vincent Thomas Hurley, Sargent First Class, RCAF #419 Photographic Squadron, brother of Harold Hurley. Taken at Dishforth, Yorkshire Airfield, England, 1943.

Pilot Officer, AG (Air Gunner), Harold James Hurley, J/19164, (Second from the left) – with Air Crew, #426 Thunderbird Squadron (On Wings of Fire), 7th Bomber Squadron, in front of Lancaster Mark II aircraft, #DS 846, “Old Black Magic”. Harold Hurley, age 33 and crew were killed in action on December 16, 1943. Target: Berlin, Germany. Shot down by a German night fighter aircraft during night operations. Members of the crew were Pilot Officer Joseph Leonidas Roger, Pilot Officer Rolland Lachance, Pilot Officer Lewis Percival Archibald (Pilot), Pilot Officer Norman Byng Morrison, Warrant Officer Class II Jack Dunbar Newcombe, Pilot Officer Robert Philip Marks (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), Sergeant Raymond Atkin (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve). One Canadian was captured as a Prisoner of War. Photo credit: Cecil Vincent Thomas Hurley, Sargent First Class, RCAF #419 Photographic Squadron, brother of Harold Hurley. Taken at Dishforth, Yorkshire Airfield, England, 1943.

Pilot Officer, AG (Air Gunner), Harold James Hurley, J19164, (wearing RCAF issue sweater) – with Air Crew, #426 Thunderbird Squadron (On Wings of Fire), 7th Bomber Squadron, in front of Lancaster Mark II aircraft, #DS 846, “Old Black Magic”. Harold Hurley, age 33 and crew were killed in action on December 16, 1943. Target: Berlin, Germany. Shot down by a German night fighter aircraft during night operations. Members of the crew were Pilot Officer Joseph Leonidas, Pilot Officer Roger Rolland Lachance, Pilot Officer Lewis Percival Archibald (Pilot), Pilot Officer Norman Byng Morrison, Warrant Officer Class II Jack Dunbar Newcombe, Pilot Officer Robert Philip Marks (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), Sergeant Raymond Atkin (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve). One Canadian was captured as a Prisoner of War. Photo credit: Cecil Vincent Thomas Hurley, Sargent First Class, RCAF #419 Photographic Squadron, brother of Harold Hurley. Taken at Dishforth, Yorkshire Airfield, England, 1943.

RCAF #426 Thunderbird Squadron (On Wings of Fire) – 7th Bomber Squadron, in front of Lancaster Mark II aircraft. Photo credit: Cecil Vincent Thomas Hurley, Sargent First Class, RCAF, R111409, #419 Photographic Squadron, brother of Harold Hurley. Taken at Dishforth, Yorkshire Airfield, England, 1943.

Photo of Harold James Hurley & Cecil Vincent Thomas Hurley – Pilot Officer, AG (Air Gunner), Harold James Hurley (right facing), #426 Thunderbird Squadron, with brother, Cecil Vincent Thomas Hurley (left facing), #419 Photographic Squadron, taken while both posted at Dishforth, Yorkshire Airfield, England 1942.

Flight Log Book

Flight Log Book (Inside Cover)

Flight Log Book (Record of Flights)

Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Memorial Cross

Memorial Cross (Inscription)

1939-45 Star

Air Crew Europe Star

War Medal 1939-45

Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp

Bomber Command Bar

RCAF Operational Wing

Memorial – Pilot Officer Harold James Hurley is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB, Canada … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB, Canada … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Pilot Officer Harold James Hurley is also commemorated on the RCAF Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB, Canada … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Photo of Harold James Hurley – "Uncle Hal” while "on leave".

Group Photo – Softball Team 1935– Harold Hurley, “Uncle Hal”, All-Star Baseball Champion and Pitcher.