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Harold Garfield Handley

In memory of:

Flying Officer Harold Garfield Handley

June 21, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

J/9856

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

118 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Son of Harry and Helen Handley, of Oxford Mills, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 167 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

TEXEL (DEN BURG) CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Plot K. Row 4. Grave 81.

Location:

Texel is one of the West Frisian islands, about 90 kilometres north of Haarlem; and Den Burg is its main town. Texel is reached by boat from Den Helder. The TEXEL (DEN BURG) CEMETERY is about 400 metres from the centre of Den Burg, and contains a special war graves plot, Plot K.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star April 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star April 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Group Photo– Pilots of 118 (RCAF) Sqn in front of a unit Kittyhawk at RCAF station Dartmouth N.S. in April 1942. P/O H.G. Handley is kneeling 2nd from the right in the front row,

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    Group Photo – Pilots of 118 (RCAF) Sqn in front of a unit Kittyhawk at RCAF station Dartmouth N.S. in April 1942. P/O H.G. Handley is kneeling 2nd from the right in the front row,
  • Photo of HAROLD GARFIELD HANDLEY– P/O HG Handley in 1942

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    Photo of HAROLD GARFIELD HANDLEY – P/O HG Handley in 1942
  • Photo of HAROLD GARFIELD HANDLEY– H.G. Handley (upper left), and J.W. Hollway (bottom right), climb into their Harvard trainer. #4 Service Flying Training School, Saskatoon, Sask, 4 October 1940.

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    Photo of HAROLD GARFIELD HANDLEY – H.G. Handley (upper left), and J.W. Hollway (bottom right), climb into their Harvard trainer. #4 Service Flying Training School, Saskatoon, Sask, 4 October 1940.
  • Photo of HAROLD GARFIELD HANDLEY– P/O HG Handley climbing out of his 118 (RCAF) Sqn Kittyhawk. RCAF Station Dartmouth NS on 4 April 1942.

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    Photo of HAROLD GARFIELD HANDLEY – P/O HG Handley climbing out of his 118 (RCAF) Sqn Kittyhawk. RCAF Station Dartmouth NS on 4 April 1942.

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