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Military service
Service number:
J/92189
Age:
25
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
640 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
November 4, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 17. F. 6-8.
Additional information
Son of Joseph and Alice Rheubottom, of Sundridge, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Alva Edison Rheubottom
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Grave Marker
This was a temporary headstone of Sgt Edward Simmonds, F/Sgt E.D. Atkinson and Pilot Officer Rheubottom of the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Rheinberg War Cemetery Germany. They were killed in action on November 4, 1944. -
Photo of Alva Rheubottom
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Photo of crew
This photo is of the crew of which Alva E. Rheubottom was part-of. Taken August 1944. Back row (L to R): J. Marshall (WAG), Tommy Arlow (Rear Gunner), Fergie Amos (MUG), unknown. Front row (L to R): Alva Rheubottom (Bomb Aimer), Ron Beechey (Skipper), Don Atkinson (Navigator) -
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 Alva Edison Rheubottom is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Alva Edison Rheubottom is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ALVA EDISON RHEUBOTTOM
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ALVA EDISON RHEUBOTTOM
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alva Edison Rheubottom
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alva Edison Rheubottom
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alva Edison Rheubottom
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alva Edison Rheubottom
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alva Edison Rheubottom
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alva Edison Rheubottom
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alva Edison Rheubottom
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alva Edison Rheubottom
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alva Edison Rheubottom
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 426 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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