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Son of Michael and Mary Anne Griffin, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada; husband of Eileen Griffin.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Michael Francis Griffin
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Michael Francis Griffin
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Michael Francis Griffin
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Michael Francis Griffin
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.
1904 F/O Michael Francis Griffin DFC (RMC 1926) was the son of Michael and Mary Anne Griffin, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada; husband of Eileen Griffin. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force 103 Sqdn. He died on Mar 5, 1945 at 30 years of age. His name is listed on the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey, United Kingdom.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Michael Francis Griffin
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.
1904 F/O Michael Francis Griffin DFC (RMC 1926) was the son of Michael and Mary Anne Griffin, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada; husband of Eileen Griffin. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force 103 Sqdn. He died on Mar 5, 1945 at 30 years of age. His name is listed on the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey, United Kingdom.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Michael Francis Griffin
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.
1904 F/O Michael Francis Griffin DFC (RMC 1926) was the son of Michael and Mary Anne Griffin, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada; husband of Eileen Griffin. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force 103 Sqdn. He died on Mar 5, 1945 at 30 years of age. His name is listed on the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey, United Kingdom.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Michael Francis Griffin
Flying Officer Michael Francis Griffin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Michael Francis Griffin
Flying Officer Michael Francis Griffin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Michael Francis Griffin
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
Flying Officer Michael Francis Griffin
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Michael Francis Griffin
From the Montreal Star. 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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Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1904 F/O Michael Francis Griffin DFC (RMC 1926) was the son of Michael and Mary Anne Griffin, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada; husband of Eileen Griffin. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force 103 Sqdn. He died on Mar 5, 1945 at 30 years of age. His name is listed on the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey, United Kingdom.
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Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1904 F/O Michael Francis Griffin DFC (RMC 1926) was the son of Michael and Mary Anne Griffin, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada; husband of Eileen Griffin. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force 103 Sqdn. He died on Mar 5, 1945 at 30 years of age. His name is listed on the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey, United Kingdom.
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Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1904 F/O Michael Francis Griffin DFC (RMC 1926) was the son of Michael and Mary Anne Griffin, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada; husband of Eileen Griffin. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force 103 Sqdn. He died on Mar 5, 1945 at 30 years of age. His name is listed on the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey, United Kingdom.
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Flying Officer Michael Francis Griffin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flying Officer Michael Francis Griffin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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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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From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 520 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
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