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Charles Beverly Wyckoff

In memory of:

Flying Officer Charles Beverly Wyckoff

May 23, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

J/26695

Age:

28

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

24th Operational Training Unit

Additional Information


Son of Roy Gilliland and Bertha Mae (nee Butler) Wyckoff, of Vittoria, Ontario; Husband of Chloris Helen (nee Gauen) Wyckoff, of Trenton, Ontario; father of Donna Marie Wyckoff.

Commemorated on Page 484 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

Coll. grave XXVII. G. 4-7.

Location:

This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flying Officer Charles Beverly Wyckoff is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Charles Beverly Wyckoff 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
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Hamilton Spectator c.1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Hamilton Spectator c.1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Charles Beverly Wyckoff– F/O Charles Beverly Wyckoff
Royal Canadian Air Force
Air Bomber  J/26695
Royal Canadian Air Force
Air Gunner  R/115064
Killed in action whilst on a leaflet dropping mission near Alenccon, France. The aircraft was shot down by German flack and crash landed at La Potence, near Sees, France.
  • Photo of CHARLES BEVERLY WYCKOFF– From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Charles Beverly Wyckoff– In Memory of the men from Norfolk County who gave their lives in World War II.

Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Biography– From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– In Memory of the men from Norfolk County who gave their lives in World War II.

Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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