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Sqdn. Son of Arthur Cowper Salt and Lucile Gwendolyn Salt, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt
Salt, Arthur John - Pilot Officer. Born 31st October, 1917, at Abbotsford, B.C. Entered the service of the Bank 4th November, 1936. Served at Vancouver city branches. Enlisted 7th September, 1940, from Victory Square (Vancouver) in R.C.A.F. Pilot Officer in October, 1941. Overseas in October, 1941. Served with 37 Squadron, R.A.F., in Middle East. Missing after air operations over Crete on night of 19/20th May, 1942. Officially presumed dead (10th November, 1942). His Wing Commander wrote: "During his tour of duty he proved himself a most reliable operational captain and his loss is deeply felt by us all". Pilot Officer Salt was a well known Vancouver cricketer. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i>
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt
WW2 medals issued to Salt. Pilot Officer Salt was a pilot of a Wellington Bomber that failed to return on May 20, 1942, from operations over the aerodrome at Heraklion, Crete.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt
Salt out of uniform
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt
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
Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt
Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt
Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt
From the Vancouver Province c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt
From the WW2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Salt, Arthur John - Pilot Officer. Born 31st October, 1917, at Abbotsford, B.C. Entered the service of the Bank 4th November, 1936. Served at Vancouver city branches. Enlisted 7th September, 1940, from Victory Square (Vancouver) in R.C.A.F. Pilot Officer in October, 1941. Overseas in October, 1941. Served with 37 Squadron, R.A.F., in Middle East. Missing after air operations over Crete on night of 19/20th May, 1942. Officially presumed dead (10th November, 1942). His Wing Commander wrote: "During his tour of duty he proved himself a most reliable operational captain and his loss is deeply felt by us all". Pilot Officer Salt was a well known Vancouver cricketer. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i>
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WW2 medals issued to Salt. Pilot Officer Salt was a pilot of a Wellington Bomber that failed to return on May 20, 1942, from operations over the aerodrome at Heraklion, Crete.
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Salt out of uniform
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the Vancouver Province c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the WW2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 112 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ALAMEIN MEMORIAL Egypt
Alamein is a village which is bypassed by the main coast road approximately 130 kilometres west of Alexandria on the way to Mersa Matruh.
The first Commission road direction sign is located just beyond the Alamein police checkpoint and all cemetery visitors should turn off from the main road onto the old coast road, which is parallel to the former. The cemetery and the ALAMEIN MEMORIAL both lie beyond the ridge. Road direction signs are in place approximately 25 metres before the low metal gates and stone wing walls which are situated centrally at the road edge at the head of the access path which leads down through the memorial building and into the cemetery. The Cross of Sacrifice feature may be seen from the road.
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