Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Photo of MARCEL EMMETT TOMCZAK – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of Marcel Emmett Tomczak – Submitted by Operation Picture Me

Memorial – Flying Officer Marcel Emmett Tomczak 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

Memorial – Flying Officer Marcel Emmett Tomczak is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Cemetery – Air crew plot in Ten Boer (Groningen) Protestant Cemetery. (Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands.) F/O McCracken was a member of 405 Squadron, Pathfinder Force. Halifax HR864 was airborne 2146 25 Jul 43 from Gransden Lodge. Outbound, the aircraft was shot down by a night-fighter crashing at Ten Boer (Groningen) 12 km NE of Groningen, Holland. The crew are: F/O M. E. Tomczak; Sgt A. J. Wood RAF; F/O A. P. McCracken; Sgt C. J. V. Kettley; Sgt E. K. White; F/S M. S. Smyth; F/O A.J.Sochowski was interned in Camp L3, PoW No.1649. (Source: www.lostbombers.co.uk)

Grave Marker – Submitted by Operation Picture Me