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Military service
Service number:
J/93762
Age:
22
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
156 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
April 17, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 9. K. 18-25.
Additional information
Son of Frank and Lillian Elliott, of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Herbert William Elliott
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Photo of Herbert William Elliott
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Photo of HERBERT WILLIAM ELLIOTT
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of HERBERT WILLIAM ELLIOTT
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Id Card
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Herbert William Elliott 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 -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Herbert William Elliott is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
Rheinberg War Cemetery 1948 171 Sqdn Halifax ( LK874 ) airborne 2339hrs 16 April 1945 from North Creake. Collided in mid-air with a 156 Sqdn Lancaster ( PB403 ), the bulk of the debris being found in woods near Murlenbach-Godesbachtal Germany. Under the directions of American soldiers, all the bodies of both crews were recovered by German civilians and buried in a mass grave alongside the road 200yrd from Murlenbach. Reburied 13th March 1948 Rheinberg British Cemetery.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herbert William Elliott
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herbert William Elliott
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herbert William Elliott
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herbert William Elliott
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herbert William Elliott
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herbert William Elliott
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herbert William Elliott
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herbert William Elliott
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 512 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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