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Military service
Service number:
C/87994
Age:
22
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
428 Sqdn.
Death:
July 29, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 249.
Additional information
Son of Wing Cdr. W. G. Attewell, M.B.E., R.C.A.F., and Gladys Ethel Attewell, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
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Newspaper Clipping
Photo in The Toronto Star July 13, 1945, page 8 P/O Attewell was Flight Engineer serving in 428 Squadron, RCAF Bomber Command 6 Group. On the night of July 28/29, 1944, 307 aircraft - 187 Halifaxes, 106 Lancasters, 14 Mosquitos from Nos 1, 6 and 8 Groups – were ordered to Hamburg, Germany. Lancaster aircraft KB 759 blew up shortly after take-off outward bound. Along with P/O Attewell the crew were: P/O (P) Thomas E. Magill, age 26, from Garson, Ont. P/O (N) James A. Urquhart, age 20, from Montreal, Que. P/O (BA) Thomas G. Murdoch, age 20, from Lindsay, Ont. P/O (AG) Francis B. Thaine, age 19, from Northallerton, Yorkshire P/O (AG) Hugh A. Adams, age 20, from Dafoe, Sask. [Source: They Shall Grow Not Old, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Man.] -
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The Toronto Star July 13, 1945, page 8 -
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell 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 -
Photo of ARTHUR ERNEST ATTEWELL
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Photo of ARTHUR ERNEST ATTEWELL
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From the Toronto Star June 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram November 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram July 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Attewell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 240 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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