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Military service
Service number:
J/85654
Age:
26
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
419 Sqdn.
Birth:
February 1, 1917
Enlistment:
June 13, 1941
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
August 18, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
2. G. 8.
Additional information
Son of Ronald and Margaret (nee Rigby) MacSween, of New Waterford, Nova Scotia.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45. Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 11 September 1946.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Peter Oswald McSween
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Photo of Peter McSween
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Photo of Peter McSween and Mike Laffin
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Press Clipping
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Photo of Peter McSween
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Report of Crash
RCAF Daily Report 18 August 1943 -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
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Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Peter Oswald McSween is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Peter Oswald McSween is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Peter Oswald McSween
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Peter Oswald McSween
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Peter Oswald McSween
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Peter Oswald McSween
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Peter Oswald McSween
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Peter Oswald McSween
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 193 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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