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Military service
Service number:
J/15517
Age:
32
Rank:
Squadron Leader
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
620 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
April 3, 1912
Brantford, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 5, 1940
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave VA. D. 3-8.
Additional information
Son of Harry A. and Kathleen Pettit, of Brantford, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Squadron Leader Wilmot Reginald Pettit
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W.R. Pettit, back row third from right. -
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Biography
Album of Honour for Brant County World War II 1939-1945<P> Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me -
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Album of Honour for Brant County World War 11 1939 - 1945<P> Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Biography
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Photo of Wilmot Reginald Pettit
RAF Fairford, UK, 10 May 1944 - Squadron Leader Wilmot Reginald Pettit DFC
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Wilmot Reginald Pettit
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Wilmot Reginald Pettit
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Wilmot Reginald Pettit
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Wilmot Reginald Pettit
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Wilmot Reginald Pettit
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Wilmot Reginald Pettit
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Wilmot Reginald Pettit
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Wilmot Reginald Pettit
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Wilmot Reginald Pettit
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 416 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
Ranville is best reached by taking the D513 north-eastwards out of Caen, and after about 9 kilometres turning left at Herouvillette. Go north for one kilometre and then turn left into Ranville village. The War Cemetery is on Rue des Airbornes.
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