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Military service
Service number:
J/26291
Age:
34
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
102 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
June 17, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
21. E 3.
Additional information
Son of Henry and Sarah J. Rushforth, of Eriksdale, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer William John Henry Rushforth
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This war memorial is located at the Dutch/German border near Oeding, Germany. -
Photo of WILLIAM JOHN HENRY RUSHFORTH
William Henry Rushforth -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer William John Henry Rushforth is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer William John Henry Rushforth is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Photo of WILLIAM JOHN HENRY RUSHFORTH
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Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William John Henry Rushforth
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William John Henry Rushforth
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William John Henry Rushforth
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William John Henry Rushforth
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William John Henry Rushforth
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William John Henry Rushforth
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William John Henry Rushforth
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William John Henry Rushforth
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William John Henry Rushforth
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 434 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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