Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Grave marker – Becklingen War Cemetery ... April 2017 … 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 Albert Dorey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Pilot Officer Albert Dorey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – International Bomber Command Centre, Lincolnshire, UK - May 2019 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Pilot Officer Albert Dorey is also commemorated at the International Bomber Command Centre, Lincolnshire, UK - May 2019 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Photo of Albert Dorey – The origin of the "Barber's Book" at the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum in Brandon, MB.

Photo of Albert Dorey – Albert's name in the "Barber's Book" at the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum in Brandon, MB.

Photo of Albert Dorey – Albert Dorey (photo taken about 2 weeks before leaving for overseas in early April 1944)

Grave Marker – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Group Photo – 1945 Crew members of Lancaster X KB-859, 431 'Iroquois' Squadron, 6 Group, Bomber Command, was shot down on a mission over Hamburg, coded SE-U, failed to return (SOC 31.3.45). Only the pilot, F/Lt Patrick Joseph 'Pat' Hurley RCAF'POW, survived from this crew. Back Row (l-r): P/O Albert 'Bert' Dorey, RCAF; Sgt. Laurence John 'Laurie' Mercer, RAF; F/O Patrick B. 'Red' Dennison, RCAF; F/O John Joseph 'Johnny' Casey, RCAF. Front Row (l-r): F/Lt Patrick Joseph 'Pat' Hurley RCAF¿POW; F/O Martin 'Jack' Hartog, RCAF; F/O Frederick Roy 'Roy' Alty, RCAF. Operation Summary: March 31, 1945 - 100 Halifaxes from 408, 415, 420, 425, 426, and 432 squadrons were joined by 100 Lancasters from 419, 424, 427, 428, 429, 431, 433, and 434 on an attack at the Blohm & Voss shipyards at Hamburg. The crews were over the target at between 17,000 and 19,500 feet, releasing 1,908,000 lbs of high explosives. According to reports, the target was cloud covered but extensive damage was caused in the industrial area of Hamburg. The 6 Group was in the last wave of the attack and was attacked by many ME-262s. 8 crews failed to return, mostly due to attacks by these aircraft.

Newspaper Clipping – Newspaper notice (appeared in what is now the London Free Press, presumably a day or so after word was received)

Photo of Albert Dorey – Source: City of London Remembrance books. Online since 2005.

Document – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Letter

Letters

Certificate

Certificate of Honour

Memorial Cross

Inscription – Memorial Cross

Medals

Memorial – Memorial is located in Dalton-on-Tees, Yorkshire.

Biography – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Memorial – The top of the memorial. The memorial is located in Dalton-on-Tees, Yorkshire.

Inscription – Centre of the Memorial. The memorial is located in Dalton-on-Tees, Yorkshire.

Memorial Plaque – The plaque on the side commemorating 431 Squadron. The Memorial is located in Dalton-on-Tees, Yorkshire.

Memorial Plaque – The plaque on the side commemorating 431 Squadron. The Memorial is located in Dalton-on-Tees, Yorkshire.

Inscription – Bottom of the Memorial. The memorial is located in Dalton-on-Tees, Yorkshire.

Maple Tree – Maple tree planted in memory of Albert Dorey in the newly dedicated Remembrance Gardens Park, London, ON - August 2015 ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Inscription – Inscription on the stone at the base of the maple tree planted in memory of Albert Dorey in the newly dedicated Remembrance Gardens Park, London, ON - August 2015 ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Entrance

Cemetery

Cemetery – The crew of Lancaster KB-859 SE-U - Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany - April 2017 ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Cemetery – Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany - April 2017 ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Paying respects – The daughter that Albert never knew seen standing by his grave marker - April 2017 ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Becklingen War Cemetery – Row of headstones in Becklingen War Cemetery. (This set of headstones is a crew from 431 Squadron, that went down over Hamburg, Germany on March 31, 1945, in Lancaster KB-859, coded SE-U. From left to right, the names read: Dorey, Dennison, Casey, Hartog, Alty, Mercer.

Gravemarker

Gravemarker

Grave Marker – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me