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Son of Henry Claire and Lulu May Truscott, of Hamilton, Ontario.
1939-1945 Star, Atlantic Star, Aircrew Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Eligible for Bomber Command Bar.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Harold Edmund Truscott
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Pilot Officer Harold Edmund Truscott
Berlin Special - Lancaster Bomber LL687 EQ*M
Lost during Hamburg operations July 29, 1944
Crashed at Spreckens, Germany. All crew killed except Flt Eng David Scott who was taken PoW until end of war.
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Pilot Officer Harold Edmund Truscott
P/O Harold E. Truscott, Mid Upper Gunner, Lancaster LL687 EQ*M, 408th Goose Squadron.
KIA July 29, 1944 in Lancaster crash at Spreckens, Germany during sortie to Hamburg. No known grave.
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Pilot Officer Harold Edmund Truscott
Sitting on Lancaster LL723 EQ*H during dry ditching training.
L-R: P/O MU Harold (Hal) Truscott, Nav Bob Whitson, Tail Gunner P/O Jack Imrie, F/L Wireless Op Gordon Croucher, Flt Eng David Scott, Pilot Don Ryan. (Photo by Bomb Aimer P/O Al Durnin.)
All crew, except Flt Eng David Scott, KIA July 29, 1944 in Lancaster crash at Spreckens, Germany during sortie to Hamburg.
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Pilot Officer Harold Edmund Truscott
Dry Ditching Exercise on LL723. L-R Harold Truscott by upper turrent, Gordon Croucher, Bob Whitson, Don Ryan climbing out of hatch, David Scott inboard wing and Al Durnin outboard wing.
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Pilot Officer Harold Edmund Truscott
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold Edmund Truscott
Harold Truscott and Bob Whitson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold Edmund Truscott
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold Edmund Truscott
Harold is seen here jumping out of a window at Benningbrough Hall.
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Pilot Officer Harold Edmund Truscott
Rowing a skiff.
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Pilot Officer Harold Edmund Truscott
Bob Whitson, David Scott and Harold Truscott on the Beningbrough Grounds.
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Pilot Officer Harold Edmund Truscott
Jack Imrie, David Scott and Harold Truscott.
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Pilot Officer Harold Edmund Truscott
Harold Truscott, Bob Whitson and Jack Imrie outside Beningbrough Hall.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold Edmund Truscott
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold Edmund Truscott
Enlistment photo
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold Edmund Truscott
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold Edmund Truscott
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold Edmund Truscott
Harold Edmund Truscott, 1943
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold Edmund Truscott
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 Harold Edmund Truscott
Pilot Officer Harold Edmund Truscott is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold Edmund Truscott
Pilot Officer Harold Edmund Truscott is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Berlin Special - Lancaster Bomber LL687 EQ*M Lost during Hamburg operations July 29, 1944 Crashed at Spreckens, Germany. All crew killed except Flt Eng David Scott who was taken PoW until end of war.
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P/O Harold E. Truscott, Mid Upper Gunner, Lancaster LL687 EQ*M, 408th Goose Squadron. KIA July 29, 1944 in Lancaster crash at Spreckens, Germany during sortie to Hamburg. No known grave.
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Sitting on Lancaster LL723 EQ*H during dry ditching training. L-R: P/O MU Harold (Hal) Truscott, Nav Bob Whitson, Tail Gunner P/O Jack Imrie, F/L Wireless Op Gordon Croucher, Flt Eng David Scott, Pilot Don Ryan. (Photo by Bomb Aimer P/O Al Durnin.) All crew, except Flt Eng David Scott, KIA July 29, 1944 in Lancaster crash at Spreckens, Germany during sortie to Hamburg.
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Dry Ditching Exercise on LL723. L-R Harold Truscott by upper turrent, Gordon Croucher, Bob Whitson, Don Ryan climbing out of hatch, David Scott inboard wing and Al Durnin outboard wing.
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Harold Truscott and Bob Whitson
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Harold is seen here jumping out of a window at Benningbrough Hall.
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Rowing a skiff.
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Bob Whitson, David Scott and Harold Truscott on the Beningbrough Grounds.
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Jack Imrie, David Scott and Harold Truscott.
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Harold Truscott, Bob Whitson and Jack Imrie outside Beningbrough Hall.
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Enlistment photo
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Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Harold Edmund Truscott, 1943
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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 Harold Edmund Truscott is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Harold Edmund Truscott is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Page 465 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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