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Digital gallery of Flying Officer Peter William Merrick
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Peter William Merrick
Peter Merrick was born in London and raised by his grandmother, Mrs. Jane Morrison of 27 Elm Street. He attended Alexander Public School and Central Collegiate. He joined the RCAF on July 19, 1942 in London and went on course at Jarvis Bombing and Gunnery School. He graduated from the #4 Air Observers School, London and was commissioned. He was on his tenth operation as a member of a Lancaster crew of #419 Moose Squadron on a night mission to bomb a target south of Caen.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Peter William Merrick
Brother to Jean and Mary Ann
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Peter William Merrick
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
Flying Officer Peter William Merrick
Flying Officer Peter William Merrick is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Peter William Merrick
Flying Officer Peter William Merrick is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Peter William Merrick
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Peter William Merrick
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Peter William Merrick
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Peter William Merrick
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Peter William Merrick
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Peter Merrick was born in London and raised by his grandmother, Mrs. Jane Morrison of 27 Elm Street. He attended Alexander Public School and Central Collegiate. He joined the RCAF on July 19, 1942 in London and went on course at Jarvis Bombing and Gunnery School. He graduated from the #4 Air Observers School, London and was commissioned. He was on his tenth operation as a member of a Lancaster crew of #419 Moose Squadron on a night mission to bomb a target south of Caen.
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Brother to Jean and Mary Ann
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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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Flying Officer Peter William Merrick is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flying Officer Peter William Merrick is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 393 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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AUBERVILLE-LA-RENAULT CHURCHYARD Seine-Maritime, France
Auberville-la-Renault is a village 28 kilometres north-east of Le Havre, 10 kilometres south of Fecamp, and just over I kilometre east of the Fecamp-Goderville-Le Havre road (N.25).
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