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Son of Robertus R. and Minnie Mae McRee, of De Soto, Mississppi.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Robertus McRee
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Pilot Officer Robertus McRee
Gravemarker of P/O Robertus R. McRee, Jr. RCAF of De Soto, Mississippi, U.S.A at De Soto Cemetery, Clarke County, Mississippi, U.S.A. P/O McRee was killed at the age of 23 while on active service at Royal Canadian Air Force Station, Trenton, Ontario when his North American Harvard Mk 1 (RCAF 1346) crashed near Belleville, Ontario in a flying accident on December 20, 1941.
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Gravemarker of P/O Robertus R. McRee, Jr. RCAF of De Soto, Mississippi, U.S.A at De Soto Cemetery, Clarke County, Mississippi, U.S.A. P/O McRee was killed at the age of 23 while on active service at Royal Canadian Air Force Station, Trenton, Ontario when his North American Harvard Mk 1 (RCAF 1346) crashed near Belleville, Ontario in a flying accident on December 20, 1941.
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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 Telegram December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 38 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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DE SOTO (MILTON ROGERS) (WHITE) CEMETERY Mississippi, United States of America
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