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Military service
Service number:
J/7072
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
115 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
July 26, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
28. D. 1.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Donald Orlo Felt
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Newspaper clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Cenotaph
Barrie Cenotaph -
Street sign
Street named in honour of Pilot Officer Donald Orlo Felt with a poppy. -
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 Donald Orlo Felt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Donald Orlo Felt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
This plaque as well as chimes were installed, after World War II, in Collier Street United Church, Barrie, Ontario, to commemorate members of the congregation who died in the war, including Flying Officer Donald O. Felt. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2019.) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
The Don Felt Trophy, donated in 1944 by Pilot Officer Felt's parents, Aleda and A. Howard Felt, to the local air cadet squadron in Barrie, Ontario (102 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets). Today (2024), this trophy is still annually awarded to the member of 102 Squadron who is selected as the top overall cadet. It is the squadron's oldest and highest award. P/O Felt was the pilot of a Wellington bomber aircraft that was lost on a raid against Duisburg, Germany, on July 26, 1942. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2024.)
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donald Orlo Felt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donald Orlo Felt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donald Orlo Felt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donald Orlo Felt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donald Orlo Felt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donald Orlo Felt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donald Orlo Felt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donald Orlo Felt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donald Orlo Felt
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 73 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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