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Military service
Service number:
R/88546
Age:
22
Rank:
Warrant Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
102 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
February 14, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
8. I. 5.
Additional information
Son of Alfred Noel and Mary Conner, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Alfred Norman Conner
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Memorial
Warrant Officer Alfred Norman Conner 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 -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Alfred Norman Conner is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Alfred Norman Conner
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Alfred Norman Conner
Flight Sgt Alfred Norman Conner taken overseas May 5, 1942 -
Back of photo
Written on back of picture taken overseas May 5, 1942, submitted earlier -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands<P> Halifax W7880 was airborne 1825 14Feb42 from Pocklington on a mission to Cologne, Germany. It was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 2030 at Veulen (Limburg) 5 km SSW of Venray, Holland. All were taken to the temporary Military Cemetery at Venlo. The following crew are buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery: WO2 Conner, RAF F/S J.L.Hartshorn and Sgts J.W.Kilyon, H.A.Cheasman, F.W.Cox, and A.O.Gilbert. WO2 George Farah, RCAF, is buried in the Canadian War Cemetery at Groesbeek. (Source: //lostbombers.co.uk) -
Photo of Alfred Norman Conner
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Western Technical School
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1943. 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 -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Toronto Star "Pages of the Past" online March 19, 1943, p 9
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 148 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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