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Mervyn Duncan

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Mervyn Duncan

March 26, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

R/61792

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

12 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Son of Harry and Annie Duncan, of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 71 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 D. Grave 21.

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.

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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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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Mervyn Duncan is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Mervyn Duncan is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Mervyn Duncan is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Mervyn Duncan is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Leader Post Regina, Saskatchewan. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Leader Post Regina, Saskatchewan. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Leader Post Regina, Saskatchewan. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Leader Post Regina, Saskatchewan. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Leader Post August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Regina Leader Post August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– Photo used with permission of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands Wellington aircraft W5372 was missing during a night bombing operation over enemy-held territory. FS Duncan and FS Bruce Doe were the only two Canadians on board. Also killed was a member of the RAAF and three RAF members. (Source: They Shall Grow Not Old, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba)

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    Grave Marker – Photo used with permission of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands Wellington aircraft W5372 was missing during a night bombing operation over enemy-held territory. FS Duncan and FS Bruce Doe were the only two Canadians on board. Also killed was a member of the RAAF and three RAF members. (Source: They Shall Grow Not Old, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba)

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