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Warrant Officer II Herbert Albert Turner

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Warrant Officer II Herbert Albert Turner Veteran

Birth
London, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada
Death
16 Dec 1943 (aged 24)
Wirdum, Leeuwarden Municipality, Friesland, Netherlands
Burial
Huizum, Leeuwarden Municipality, Friesland, Netherlands Add to Map
Plot
Row 10, Grave 2
Memorial ID
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Military Service
Service Number: 18079
Age: 24
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 432 Sqdn.

Warrant Officer / Air Gunner.

Herbert was the rear gunner on Lancaster bomber DS831 that, on a raid to Berlin, was shot down by a German night-fighter near the village of Wirdum, Netherlands, killing 6 of the 8 crew (information provided by Peter Hakze, Find A Grave ID 47703868).

Son of Herbert A. and Edith (nee Clarke) Turner, of London, Ontario.
Military Service
Service Number: 18079
Age: 24
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 432 Sqdn.

Warrant Officer / Air Gunner.

Herbert was the rear gunner on Lancaster bomber DS831 that, on a raid to Berlin, was shot down by a German night-fighter near the village of Wirdum, Netherlands, killing 6 of the 8 crew (information provided by Peter Hakze, Find A Grave ID 47703868).

Son of Herbert A. and Edith (nee Clarke) Turner, of London, Ontario.

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