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Military service
Service number:
J/86893
Age:
32
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
431 Sqdn.
Birth:
June 1, 1911
Matapedia, Québec
Enlistment:
June 10, 1940
Quebec, Québec
Death:
April 28, 1944
Overseas, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Spec. Mem. C. IVa. D. 26.
Additional information
Son of Richard Parker Pratt and Martha Edith Pratt, of Matapedia, Province of Quebec.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Richard William Pratt
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Photo of Richard William Pratt
WO WILLIAM RICHARD PRATT BORN - JUNE 1, 1911 KILLED IN ACTION OVER ANTWERP, BELGIUM- APRIL 28, 1944 BURIED - SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY, WILRIK, ANTWERP, BELGIUM -
Photo of Richard William Pratt
WO WILLIAM RICHARD PRATT before a Training Flight -
Group Photo
WO WILLIAM RICHARD PRATT with air crew in England -
Group Photo
WO WILLIAM RICHARD PRATT with Sapper Pete Pratt at airfield entrance in England, just before his final flight. -
Group Photo
WO WILLIAM RICHARD PRATT, his sister Nursing Sister Edith Pratt and Sapper Pete Pratt outside Airfield in England (1st cousins), before final flight. -
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 Richard William Pratt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Richard William Pratt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 & 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Identification
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Service Book
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Notification of death
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard William Pratt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard William Pratt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard William Pratt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard William Pratt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard William Pratt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard William Pratt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard William Pratt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard William Pratt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard William Pratt
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 420 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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