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Military service
Service number:
J/l9534
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
550 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
May 22, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 32972.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Herman Earl MacDuff
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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 Herman Earl MacDuff is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Herman Earl MacDuff is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
Sint Niklaas Communal Cemetery - May 2019 ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
Memorial to 550 RAF Squadron ... Sint Niklaas Communal Cemetery - May 2019 ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Memorial reads: Here rest seven crew members of the 550 Sqdn RAF North Killingholme who gave their lives for our freedom. Lancaster LL851 took off from North Killingholme (Lincolnshire) on May 21 1944 at 10:40 pm for a bombing mission to the industrial area of Duisburg in the Ruhr. In spite of a thick cloud cover over the target, the objectives were accurately met, paralysing all industrial activity in Duisburg for one year. During the return flight, the Lancaster was probably shot down by a German night fighter and crashed on May 22 1944 at 02:15 am at Heimolen, some 3 km south of Sint-Niklaas. All crew members perished and were buried in the town’s communal cemetery. P/O P J Dukelow – Pilot Sgt D S Bruty – Flight Engineer P/O L R Dunham – Navigator Sgt L R Towsley RCAF – Bomb Aimer Sgt D A W Mayo – Wireless Operator Sgt S A Jarvis – Air Gunner P/O H E Macduff – RCAF Air Gunner We Will Remember Them ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herman Earl MacDuff
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herman Earl MacDuff
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herman Earl MacDuff
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herman Earl MacDuff
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herman Earl MacDuff
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herman Earl MacDuff
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herman Earl MacDuff
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herman Earl MacDuff
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Herman Earl MacDuff
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 372 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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