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Mitchell George Abey

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Mitchell George Abey

July 31, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

J/9511

Age:

26

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

418 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Born:

November 21, 1915
Cornwallis, Manitoba

Enlistment:

March 7, 1941
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of Charles and Mary Abey.

Commemorated on Page 54 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BERGEN GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Plot 1. Row B. Grave 27.

Location:

Bergen is on the coast 6 kilometres north-west of Alkmaar and 43 kilometres north-north-west of Amsterdam, lying 3 kilometres west of the main Alkmaar-Den Helder road. The BERGEN GENERAL CEMETERY is on the north-eastern outskirts of Bergen, in the road known as Kerkedijk. The British plots are in the south-eastern part of the cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of MITCHELL GEORGE ABEY– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Photo of MITCHELL GEORGE ABEY
    Photo of MITCHELL GEORGE ABEY – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands Boston aircraft of 418 City of Edmonton Sqdn was shot down at Mergen, Holland, killing P/O (OB) Abey, P/O (P) Robt S. Patterson and FS (WAG) C.O. O'Brien.

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands Boston aircraft of 418 City of Edmonton Sqdn was shot down at Mergen, Holland, killing P/O (OB) Abey, P/O (P) Robt S. Patterson and FS (WAG) C.O. O'Brien.
  • Photo of Mitchell Abey– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of Mitchell Abey
    Photo of Mitchell Abey – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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