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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
J/28523
Age:
21
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
405 Sqdn.
Birth:
January 1, 1923
London, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 9, 1942
London, Ontario
Death:
December 22, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
8. E. 19.
Additional information
Flying Officer Tite is an excellent pilot and captain of a crew now almost
completed their first tour of operations. He has participated in attacks on such heavily defended enemy areas as Bremen, Stuttgart and Hamburg. He is a good organizer and leader, never considering any job too small. He has a magnetic personality and a keen sense of responsibility which has had a very favourable reaction on all members of his crew. His chief qualities, which can best be seen when he is engaged in offensive action, are courage, coolness and devotion to duty of the highest order even in the face of great
personal danger. His fine personal example has done much to keep the morale
of less experienced pilots at a high standard and inspired his crew on to
greater efforts.
Additional citations
Distinguished Flying Cross, London Gazette dated 20 February 1945. No citation other than that he
had "flown on operations against the enemy in the course of which [he has]
invariably displayed the utmost fortitude, courage and devotion to duty."
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Flying Officer Joseph Tite is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flying Officer Joseph Tite is 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 -
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Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph Tite
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph Tite
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph Tite
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph Tite
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph Tite
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph Tite
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph Tite
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph Tite
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 463 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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