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Son of John L. and Eva C. Wootton, of Cookshire, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Harold Lester Wootten
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold Lester Wootten
Photo of my fathers first cousin, Harold Wootten, at Malta.
He is shown sitting on the Spitfire he flew from the island and went missing, presumed dead, during WW2. Story has it that he took off on a routine, solo patrol, and just never returned to base.
My Dad recalls hearing of his cousins demise while himself serving in Bomber Command as a navigator on a Halifax. He used to speculate that his cousin either got jumped by the Jerries or had a mechanical failure and went into the drink. Whatever happend... he was sorely missed by his family and friends in and around Cookshire, Quebec.
My dad annotated this photo on his "Commodore 64" some years ago, but there seems to be some mistake on the actual date... of course, he was in his 80's and perhaps his memory just wasn't that sharp.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold Lester Wootten
From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold Lester Wootten
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold Lester Wootten
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold Lester Wootten
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold Lester Wootten
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold Lester Wootten
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Image gallery
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Photo of my fathers first cousin, Harold Wootten, at Malta. He is shown sitting on the Spitfire he flew from the island and went missing, presumed dead, during WW2. Story has it that he took off on a routine, solo patrol, and just never returned to base. My Dad recalls hearing of his cousins demise while himself serving in Bomber Command as a navigator on a Halifax. He used to speculate that his cousin either got jumped by the Jerries or had a mechanical failure and went into the drink. Whatever happend... he was sorely missed by his family and friends in and around Cookshire, Quebec. My dad annotated this photo on his "Commodore 64" some years ago, but there seems to be some mistake on the actual date... of course, he was in his 80's and perhaps his memory just wasn't that sharp.
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From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 483 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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The MALTA MEMORIAL is situated in the area of Floriana and is easily identified by the Golden Eagle which surmounts the column. It stands outside the King's Gate, the main entrance to Valletta.
The Memorial takes the form of a column fifteen metres high of travertine marble from Tivoli in the Sabine Hills near Rome, incised with a a light reticulated pattern and surmounted by a gilded bronze eagle two metres high. The column stands on a circular base around which the names are commemorated on bronze panels.
The MALTA MEMORIAL, built on a site generously provided by the Government of Malta, commemorates those who lost their lives whilst serving with the Commonwealth Air Forces flying from bases in Austria, Italy, Sicily, islands of the Adriatic and Mediterranean, Malta, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, West Africa, Yugoslavia and Gibraltar, and who have no known grave.
The bravery of the people of the island of Malta between the years 1940 - 1942 was honoured with the unique award of the George Cross.
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