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Military service
Service number:
R/83002
Age:
20
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
420 Sqdn.
Death:
October 14, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. H. Grave 392.
Additional information
Son of Bethel T. Croft and Ellen Kendrick Croft, of Maidstone, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II Wesley Bethel Croft
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Photo of Wesley Bethel Croft
Wesley Bethel Croft 1921-1942 - A farm boy from Essex County, the youngest of eight, he yearned for the freedom of flight. Wes is remembered and missed to this day. -
Gravemarker
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class II Wesley Bethel Croft is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Warrant Officer Class II Wesley Bethel Croft is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of WESLEY BETHEL CROFT
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 67 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RIPON CEMETERY Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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