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Military service
Service number:
J/22621
Age:
26
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
61 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
February 14, 1918
Mynyard, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
May 20, 1941
Portage de la Prairie, Manitoba
Death:
February 20, 1944
Near Essen, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
9. A. 11.
Additional information
Son of Peter and Annie Yowney, of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Sophie, Steve, and Minnie.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45. Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 25 January 1947.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Myron Yowney
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Flying Officer Myron Yowney is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Myron Yowney is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Myron Yowney
Myron Yowney FO 1918- Feb. 20, 1944 61 (R.A.F.) Sqdn -
Photo of MYRON YOWNEY
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Myron Yowney
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Myron Yowney
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Myron Yowney
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Myron Yowney
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Myron Yowney
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Myron Yowney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 485 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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