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Charles Alexander Ritchie

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Charles Alexander Ritchie

March 16, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

J/85789

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

#420 Snowy Owl Squadron

Additional Information

Commemorated on Page 428 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:

4. E. 34.

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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  • Photo of CHARLES ALEXANDER RITCHIE– From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of CHARLES ALEXANDER RITCHIE – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Charles Alexander Ritchie– Pilot Officer Charles Alexander Ritchie #420 Snowy Owl Squadron (Pugnanimus Finitum) Halifax Aircraft #LW 426 missing during night operations over Stuttgart, Germany

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    Photo of Charles Alexander Ritchie – Pilot Officer Charles Alexander Ritchie #420 Snowy Owl Squadron (Pugnanimus Finitum) Halifax Aircraft #LW 426 missing during night operations over Stuttgart, Germany
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    Photo of CHARLES ALEXANDER RITCHIE – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Charles Alexander Ritchie is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Charles Alexander Ritchie 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– Pilot Officer Charles Alexander Ritchie is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Charles Alexander Ritchie is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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