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Military service
Service number:
J/36270
Age:
21
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
626 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Death:
January 15, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Joint grave 6. J. 26-27.
Additional information
Son of Carl Nelson Halstead and Jean Elizabeth Halstead, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Vernon Harvey Halstead
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Vernon Harvey Halstead
Vernon Harvey Halstead at about 15 years old (about 1939). -
Photo of Vernon Halstead
Photo of Vernon Halstead and his grandfather Albert Halstead, taken 1942-44, at the farm home of Vern's uncle, J. Milne in the R.M. of Roland. Mb. -
Photo 2 of Vernon Harvey Halstead
Vernon Harvey Halstead about 6 months old. -
Family Photo
Carl Halstead, Jean Halstead (nee Thexton), Vernon Harvey Halstead, friend Annabel... November 3, 1942 -
Photo 2 of Family
Family Pride: Vernon Harvey Halstead (standing), brother Bill, mother Jean Halstead (nee Thexton), father Carl Halstead. -
Photo of Vernon Halstead
Vernon Halstead, 1943, Bournemouth England -
Group Photo
Crew of Lancaster LL959 Photo courtesy of Wickenby Register, England. The crew were on a mission to Merseburg, Germany, when they were shot down by flak at Breda 10 miles south of the target Only the Pilot survived and was taken PoW. Back Row Left to Right: F/L (P) Don Nelson; F/O (N) Thomas R. Murray; F/O (BA) Vernon H. Halstead; F/Sgt (AG) Cyril C. Merriman; Bottom Row Left to Right: RAF (Flt Eng). O. Old; RAF (W/T) R. Lacey; P/O (AG) Andrew M. O. Walker [Crew information from They Shall Grow Not Old, published by Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, MB] -
Grave Marker
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Memorial
Flying Officer Vernon Harvey Halstead is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Vernon Harvey Halstead 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 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Winnipeg Free Press 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Winnipeg Free Press 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Vernon Harvey Halstead
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Vernon Harvey Halstead
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Vernon Harvey Halstead
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Vernon Harvey Halstead
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Vernon Harvey Halstead
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Vernon Harvey Halstead
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Vernon Harvey Halstead
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Vernon Harvey Halstead
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Vernon Harvey Halstead
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 521 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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