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Wesley Morey

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Wesley Morey

May 13, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

R/120226

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

90 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Commemorated on Page 196 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

23. J. 4.

Location:

The town of Nijmegen is 16 km south of Arnhem. JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY is 4 km south west of Nijmegen, 1 km south of the main Grave-Nijmegen road. Folowing the A73 exit at the junction Nijmegen Wijchen taking following directions to Nijmegen along the A32b entering Nijmegen on the Graafseweg. On reaching the Industrieterrein a Commission signpost directs visitors to turn left onto the Weg Door Jonkerbos. Shortly after appears a further signpost showing the left hand turning onto Oude Mollenhutseweg. The JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY is located on 150 metres after entering the Oude Mollenhutseweg on the right hand side of the road.

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
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Wesley Morey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Wesley Morey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of WESLEY MOREY– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Memorial– Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … Flight Sergeant Wesley Morey is also commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, UK ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Grave Marker– (Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands)
Airborne 0030 13May43 from Ridgewell on a mission over Duisberg. Shot down by a night-fighter, crashing 0328 into the IJsselmeer off Nijkerk (Gelderland), Holland. In the years that have passed all have been positively identified and taken for burial in various Dutch cemeteries. The wreckage of BF523 was recovered by the Dutch Air Force in 1967. Sgt W.Morey was Pilot of the aircraft with a RAF crew consisting of Sgt R.S.Shaw, Sgt B.A.Bacon, Sgt W.Murray, Sgt E.W.Eke, Sgt A.J.Buxton and Sgt C.Green. 
(Source //lostbombers.co.uk)

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