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Military service
Service number:
J/6285
Age:
25
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
37 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
May 20, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 263.
Additional information
Sqdn. Son of Arthur Cowper Salt and Lucile Gwendolyn Salt, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt
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Photo of Arthur Salt
Salt, Arthur John - Pilot Officer. Born 31st October, 1917, at Abbotsford, B.C. Entered the service of the Bank 4th November, 1936. Served at Vancouver city branches. Enlisted 7th September, 1940, from Victory Square (Vancouver) in R.C.A.F. Pilot Officer in October, 1941. Overseas in October, 1941. Served with 37 Squadron, R.A.F., in Middle East. Missing after air operations over Crete on night of 19/20th May, 1942. Officially presumed dead (10th November, 1942). His Wing Commander wrote: "During his tour of duty he proved himself a most reliable operational captain and his loss is deeply felt by us all". Pilot Officer Salt was a well known Vancouver cricketer. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i> -
medals
WW2 medals issued to Salt. Pilot Officer Salt was a pilot of a Wellington Bomber that failed to return on May 20, 1942, from operations over the aerodrome at Heraklion, Crete. -
Bar issued to Arthur Salt's relatives
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Photo of Arthur Douglas John Salt
Salt out of uniform -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Province c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the WW2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 112 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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