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Military service
Service number:
R/131859
Age:
30
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth:
June 10, 1913
Victoria, British Columbia
Enlistment:
October 4, 1941
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
September 13, 1943
Craven Arms, Salop, England
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. A. Grave 725.
Additional information
Son of Edward Trevose Opie and Margaret (nee Moore) Opie, of Red Deer, Alberta. Brother of Nursing Sister Margaret Phyllis stationed in Natal, South Africa.
Additional citations
Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Edward Alan Opie
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Newspaper clipping
The Red Deer Advocate 22 Sept 1943 Sgt. (BA) Opie was on board Wellington aircraft BJ 664 which was on a flight out of #12 Operational Training Unit, Chipping Warden, England. There was a violent thunderstorm and the aircraft was reported to be on fire before it crashed near Aston on Clun, Shropshire. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Sergeant Edward Alan Opie is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant Edward Alan Opie is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Edward Alan Opie
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Edward Alan Opie
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Edward Alan Opie
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Edward Alan Opie
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Edward Alan Opie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 200 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CHESTER (BLACON) CEMETERY Cheshire, United Kingdom
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