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Bruce Charles Chinnery

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Bruce Charles Chinnery

October 30, 1944
Cologne, Germany

Military Service

Service Number:

J/91127

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

158 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Bar.

Additional Information

Born:

June 17, 1921
Windsor, Ontario

Enlistment:

August 18, 1942
Toronto, Ontario

Son of Charles William Chinnery and Madeline Victoria Volk. Husband of Leata Findlay Cruickshank Stephen, of Nairn, Scotland.

Brother of Aircraftman Wallace Chinnery, member of the Royal Canadian Air Force. He survived the Second World War.

He was killed during an air raid over Cologne, Germany, when an incendiary bomb dropped by friendly forces passed through the fuselage of his bomber, which did not explode, fracturing his skull.

He served in Canada and Britain. He had 790 days of service, 365 of which were overseas.

Commemorated on Page 272 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ELGIN NEW CEMETERY
Moray, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Sec. L. South Div. Grave 277.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of Bruce Charles Chinnery– In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of Bruce Charles Chinnery – In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Memorial – In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Memorial – In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Badge– In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Badge – In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Roll of Honour– In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Roll of Honour – In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Book of Remembrance– In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Book of Remembrance – In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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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 Bruce Charles Chinnery is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Bruce Charles Chinnery is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Bruce Charles Chinnery is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Bruce Charles Chinnery is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of Bruce Charles Chinnery– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of Bruce Charles Chinnery – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star February 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star February 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Source: Globe and Mail November 13, 1944.

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    Newspaper Clipping – Source: Globe and Mail November 13, 1944.

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