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Flying Officer Harvey Edgar Jones

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Military service

Service number: J/12866
Age: 26
Rank: Flying Officer
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 233 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth: July 1, 1917 Welland, Ontario
Death: June 6, 1944 Bassenville, France

Burial/memorial information

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Grave reference: V. F. 13.
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Son of Edgar and Charlotte Elizabeth (née McManus) Jones, of St. Catharines, Ontario. Brother of Isobel Wall and Helen Lindsay. Flying Officer Jones held a Bachelor of Commerce. After delivering his load of paratroopers, his plane was hit and he remained behind to ensure that his crew got out of the plane before going down.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 348 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France

Ranville is best reached by taking the D513 north-eastwards out of Caen, and after about 9 kilometres turning left at Herouvillette. Go north for one kilometre and then turn left into Ranville village. The War Cemetery is on Rue des Airbornes.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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