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Military service
Service number:
J/21201
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
354 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
October 7, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
9. D. 12.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Frank Vincent Breen
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Photo of Frank Vincent Breen
Breen, Frank Vincent - Flying Officer. Born 6th January, 1919, at Toronto. Educated at St. Michael's College, Toronto. Entered the service of the Bank 17th July, 1936. Served at Toronto city branches. Enlisted 15th June, 1941, from Yonge & Gould (Toronto) in R.C.A.F. Pilot Officer in November, 1942; Flying Officer in May, 1943. Trained at Brandon, Man., and Summerside, P.E.I. Served three months at Nassau, B.W.I. Posted to India Command 20th September, 1943. Reported on 7th October, 1943 as killed on active service while with an R.C.A.F. Squadron in India. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i> -
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Photo of FRANK VINCENT BREEN
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Frank Vincent Breen
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Frank Vincent Breen
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Frank Vincent Breen
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Frank Vincent Breen
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Frank Vincent Breen
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Frank Vincent Breen
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Frank Vincent Breen
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Frank Vincent Breen
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Frank Vincent Breen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 139 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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