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Gordon Van Allen Butchart

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Gordon Van Allen Butchart

August 17, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

J/89259

Age:

29

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

172 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Son of Lloyd Royce Butchart and Martha Isobel Butchart, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 264 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

HEANTON PUNCHARDON (ST. AUGUSTINE) CHURCHYARD
Devon, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Row P Grave 20

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Honorary Cross (back) – The back of my Great Uncle's Honorary Cross.

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