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Digital gallery of Flying Officer Russell David Durling
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Gravemarker
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Photo of Russell David Durling
Russell David Durling - Flying Officer - 98 Sqdn RCAF -
Group Photo
"East Meets West" was the caption to this photo in a Halifax newspaper depicting Flying Officer David Durling (East Coast) shaking hands with Pilot Denis Loveridge (West Coast) - 98th Sqdn RCAF -
Group Photo
Denis Loveridge (Pilot), George Churchard (Pilot Officer), Bob Logie (Flight Lieutenant), Dave Durling (Flying Officer) in front of Mitchell Aircraft - 98 Sqdn. RCAF. All crew killed on Sept. 8, 1944 when aircraft exploded on landing due to a bomb hang up. -
Newspaper Article
Article from Halifax newspaper - Aug. 3, 1944 -
Flight log book
Final entry in flight log book for R. D. Durling - All crew killed Sept. 8, 1944 as a result of a bomb hang up. Aircraft exploded on landing. -
Funeral procession
Carrying casket to carriage - R. D. Durling -
Funeral procession
Passing firing party on way to grave - R. D. Durling funeral -
Funeral
Playing "The Last Post" at funeral for R. D. Durling -
Grave Marker
R. D. Durling - Grave Marker -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Russell David Durling is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Russell David Durling is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Russell David Durling
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Russell David Durling
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Russell David Durling
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Russell David Durling
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Russell David Durling
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Russell David Durling
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 297 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY Surrey, United Kingdom
Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322). The main entrance to Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright. Brookwood Military Cemetery is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom, covering approximately 37 acres.
In 1917, an area of land in Brookwood Cemetery (originally The London Necropolis) was set aside for the burial of men and women of the forces of the Commonwealth and Americans, who had died, many of battle wounds, in the London district. This site was further extended to accommodate the Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War, and American, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French and Polish plots containing the graves of Allied casualties. There are also German and Italian plots where prisoners of war lie buried.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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