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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
J/6396
Age:
25
Rank:
Squadron Leader
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
221 Squadron (From Sea to Sea)
Death:
February 2, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10, Column L.
Additional information
Son of Howard and Esther Bertran, of Chippawa, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Squadron Leader Ross Herbert Bertran
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Photo of Ross H. Bertran
My uncle Ross Bertran is the second from the left. This picture was taken between June and December 1942 with the 38 Squadron in Shallufa, Egypt. This may be the crew who were with him on October 26, 1942 when he and two other planes made a daylight raid on a Tobruk tanker. -
Photo of Ross Bertran, in Egypt
Ross Bertran, D.F.C. Shallufa, Egypt, Nov/Dec 1942.<br>Photo taken by Jack Hoskins, Wing Commander 221 Squadron. -
Photo of Ross Bertran in St. Jean
Ross Bertran, D.F.C. 38 Squadron on leave in St. Jean, Palestine. Photo 1942 -
Photo of Ross Bertran
Ross Bertran, D.F.C. 38 Squadron, June 1942 at an Egyptian desert outpost where they would stay in tents while conducting attacks -
Details of mission
Page 1 of 3 describing the mission on October 26, 1942 for which Ross Bertran was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. -
Details of mission (page 2)
Page 2 of 3 describing the mission on October 26, 1942 for which Ross Bertran was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. -
Details of mission (page 3)
Page 3 of 3 describing the mission on October 26, 1942 for which Ross Bertran was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. -
Group Photo
LEFT TO RIGHT...Ross,Stewart Fram(New Zealand),Jack Giddey(Australia),Reg Howard(Australia),Sam Heard(Australia)...at Sphinx Egypt,July 1942 -
Group Photo
Saskatoon 1942 getting their wings...left to right Swannie Hill,Ross,Hal Davidson,Harry Layton Bray -
Letter
LETTER FAMILY RECEIVED SHORTLY AFTER ROSS WENT MISSING ON, SECOND TOUR OF DUTY ,OUT OF MALTA WITH 221 SQUADRON -
War Memorial
The War Monument in Hagersville, Ontario, Canada. -
Inscription
WWII plaque on Hagersville’s War Memorial—Ross H. BERTRAN is one of the 19 names listed on the plaque. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Niagara Falls Evening Review. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From then Niagara Falls Evening Review. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Ross Herbert Bertran
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Ross Herbert Bertran
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Ross Herbert Bertran
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Ross Herbert Bertran
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Ross Herbert Bertran
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Ross Herbert Bertran
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Ross Herbert Bertran
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Ross Herbert Bertran
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Ross Herbert Bertran
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 136 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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