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Robert Alexander Duff

In memory of:

Flying Officer Robert Alexander Duff

April 8, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

J/21885

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information

Son of Andrew and Maude Duff, of Milner, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 155 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

HAVERIGG (ST. LUKE) CHURCHYARD
Westmoreland, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Grave 420.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of ROBERT ALEXANDER DUFF– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of ROBERT ALEXANDER DUFF – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c. 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c. 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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  • Cemetery– Commonwealth graves at St. Luke's Cemetery, Haverigg, Cumbria. (Photo Matthew Emmott) F/O (N) Duff, age 22, from Milner, B. C. was killed while training at #5 Air Observer School, Jurby, Eng. Anson aircraft C361 flew into a hill into a hill in Scotland. Canadian F/O (N) Maurice Finbow was also killed, along with 2 non-Canadians.

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    Cemetery – Commonwealth graves at St. Luke's Cemetery, Haverigg, Cumbria. (Photo Matthew Emmott) F/O (N) Duff, age 22, from Milner, B. C. was killed while training at #5 Air Observer School, Jurby, Eng. Anson aircraft C361 flew into a hill into a hill in Scotland. Canadian F/O (N) Maurice Finbow was also killed, along with 2 non-Canadians.

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