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Military service
Service number:
J/88065
Age:
28
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
433 Sqdn.
Birth:
July 2, 1916
Calgary, Alberta
Enlistment:
January 1, 1941
Death:
August 17, 1944
Baltic Sea near Langeland, Denmark
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. 11. 35.
Additional information
Son of Jack and Sarah Bercuson of Calgary, Alberta. Husband of Adele Bercuson, of Regina, Saskatchewan.
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Photo of Bernard Bercuson
Bernard Bercuson is honoured on page 13 of the memorial book,<br> CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties,<br> compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. <br> This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact:<p> The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives <br> 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada)<br> telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 <br> facsimile: 514-931-0548 <br> website: www.cjc.ca -
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Letter to wife re memorial service in Magleby Cemetery -
Grave marker
Photo of grave marker found on www.airmen.dk -
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Memorial wall in Magleby cemetery erected by residents of the area to :Allied airmen who lost their lives during the occupation. Photo on www.airmen.dk -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Bernard Bercuson 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 Bernard Bercuson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Letter
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From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Bernard Bercuson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Bernard Bercuson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Bernard Bercuson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Bernard Bercuson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Bernard Bercuson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Bernard Bercuson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Bernard Bercuson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Bernard Bercuson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Bernard Bercuson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 248 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MAGLEBY CHURCHYARD Denmark
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Bernard Bercuson
Pilot Officer
Royal Canadian Air Force
J/88065
James Leo Donald
Pilot Officer
Royal Canadian Air Force
J/87044
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Pilot Officer
Royal Canadian Air Force
J/88165
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Pilot Officer
Royal Canadian Air Force
J/86593
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Flight Sergeant
Royal Canadian Air Force
R/255759
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