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Military service
Service number:
39679
Age:
26
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Division:
7 Sqdn.
Birth:
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
September 5, 1939
Yorkshire, England
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Son of Alan and Caroline Playfair, of Qualicum Beach, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Anthony Richard Playfair
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Memorial
Pilot Officer Anthony Richard Playfair is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Anthony Richard Playfair is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Anthony Richard Playfair
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Anthony Richard Playfair
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Anthony Richard Playfair
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Anthony Richard Playfair
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Anthony Richard Playfair
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Anthony Richard Playfair
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 614 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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FINNINGLEY (HOLY TRINITY & ST OSWALDS) CHURCHYARD EXN Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
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