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Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant George Noile Fullerton
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Flight Sergeant George Noile Fullerton
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Flight Sergeant George Noile Fullerton
Information of crash and funeral of crew courtesy of Airwar Over Denmark www.flensted.ue.com.<P>
Hudson aircraft of RAF 608 Sqn Coastal Command crashed near Skjern.
South of Skjern it dropped two bombs which fell between the railroad track and the main road without exploding. Apparently AM715 struck a telephone pole at 14:41 hours and crashed into the ground.<P>
Pilot F/Sgt Russel H.MacMillan RCAF and Pilot F/Sgt George N.Fullerton were killed by the crash while W/Op/Air Gunner. Sgt John Short and Wop/Air Gunner. Sgt. Francis G. Simmonds were brought to Skjern hospital, both badly wounded. Short perished shortly after arrival while Simmonds died at 09:00 hours the following day. The whole crew were laid to rest in Frederikshavn cemetery on 28/11 1941.
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Flight Sergeant George Noile Fullerton
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Noile Fullerton
Flight Sergeant George Noile Fullerton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Noile Fullerton
Flight Sergeant George Noile Fullerton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Noile Fullerton
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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Information of crash and funeral of crew courtesy of Airwar Over Denmark www.flensted.ue.com.<P> Hudson aircraft of RAF 608 Sqn Coastal Command crashed near Skjern. South of Skjern it dropped two bombs which fell between the railroad track and the main road without exploding. Apparently AM715 struck a telephone pole at 14:41 hours and crashed into the ground.<P> Pilot F/Sgt Russel H.MacMillan RCAF and Pilot F/Sgt George N.Fullerton were killed by the crash while W/Op/Air Gunner. Sgt John Short and Wop/Air Gunner. Sgt. Francis G. Simmonds were brought to Skjern hospital, both badly wounded. Short perished shortly after arrival while Simmonds died at 09:00 hours the following day. The whole crew were laid to rest in Frederikshavn cemetery on 28/11 1941.
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Flight Sergeant George Noile Fullerton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant George Noile Fullerton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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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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Page 30 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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FREDERIKSHAVN CEMETERY Denmark
Frederikshavn is an important port about 32 kilometres from the northernmost point of Denmark. The FREDERIKSHAVN CEMETERY is on the northern outskirts of the town on the road to Skagen.
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