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Military service
Service number:
J/18832
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
166 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
September 29, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Joint grave 3. G. 1-2.
Additional information
Husband of Eileen M. Galavan, of Red Deer, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Cyril Vincent Galavan
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Newspaper Clipping
The Red Deer Advocate 13 Oct 43 P/O Galavan was Air Gunner and the only Canadian serving on Lancaster ED 904 with 166 (RAF) Sqdn. Airborne 1822 29 Sep 43 from RAF Kirmington. Crashed near Dortmund on an operation to Bochum. They were re-interred in the Reichswald Forest War cemetery. The RAF members were: W/O B. B. Davidson; Sgt L.English; Sgt H.N.Jones; Sgt L.F.Comer; Sgt L.G.E.Gee; Sgt J.W.Cummings. [Story of crash from www.lostbombers.co.uk] -
Photo of Cyril Vincent Galavan
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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 Cyril Vincent Galavan is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Cyril Vincent Galavan is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Cyril Vincent Galavan
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Cyril Vincent Galavan
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Cyril Vincent Galavan
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Cyril Vincent Galavan
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Cyril Vincent Galavan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 161 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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