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Willys Roland Bloch

In memory of:

Flying Officer Willys Roland Bloch

November 26, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

J/23312

Age:

24

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

429 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Born:

October 12, 1919
Viscount, Saskatchewan

Son of John Michael Bloch and Clara Marie Bloch, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Brother of Verna, Inez and Dorothy.

Commemorated on Page 137 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CARIGNAN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Ardennes, France

Grave Reference:

Collective grave.

Location:

The little town of Carignan is 36 kilometres south-east of Mezieres and some 19 kilometres south-east of Sedan, on the main road from Sedan to Montmedy. It is on the Paris-Luxembourg railway line. The CARIGNAN COMMUNAL CEMETERY is on the eastern side of Carignan on the road to Les-Deux-Villes.

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– Flying Officer Willys Roland Bloch is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer Willys Roland Bloch is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Willys Roland Bloch is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer Willys Roland Bloch is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of WILLYS ROLAND BLOCH– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of WILLYS ROLAND BLOCH – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker

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    Grave marker

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