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Military service
Service number:
J/9416
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
428 Sqdn.
Death:
April 5, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Row 2. Grave 6.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Robert George Tighe
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Biography
The Book of Remembrance is a hand-lettered and illuminated book in which the names of all officers of The Bank of Nova Scotia are inscribed (including the amalgamated banks - The Bank of Ottawa and The Bank of New Brunswick) who died in The Great War (World War I) and World War II. -
Group Photo
F/L Robert Tighe and crew. F/L Tighe is on the right. F/S Rosevear is in the middle. -
Grave Marker
Grave Marker of Robert Tighe. He was a crew member of Ken Rosevear, who died on the same day, April 5, 1943, with the rest of the crew. This picture was taken June 1, 2011. -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ROBERT GEORGE TIGHE
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant Robert George Tighe is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … 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
Flight Lieutenant Robert George Tighe is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Edmonton Bulletin May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Edmonton Bulletin May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Edmonton Bulletin October 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Robert George Tighe
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Robert George Tighe
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Robert George Tighe
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Robert George Tighe
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Robert George Tighe
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Robert George Tighe
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Robert George Tighe
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Robert George Tighe
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Robert George Tighe
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 220 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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