Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Photo of CLIFFORD JOHN VOSPER KETTLEY – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Group Photo – Clifford with his brother Percy who was with 5 Canadian Motorcycle Regiment in Italy and Germany.

Cemetery – Air crew plot in Ten Boer (Groningen) Protestant Cemetery. (Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands.) F/O McCracken was a member of 405 Squadron, Pathfinder Force. Halifax HR864 was airborne 2146 25 Jul 43 from Gransden Lodge. Outbound, the aircraft was shot down by a night-fighter crashing at Ten Boer (Groningen) 12 km NE of Groningen, Holland. The crew are: F/O M. E. Tomczak; Sgt A. J. Wood RAF; F/O A. P. McCracken; Sgt C. J. V. Kettley; Sgt E. K. White; F/S M. S. Smyth; F/O A.J.Sochowski was interned in Camp L3, PoW No.1649. (Source: www.lostbombers.co.uk)

Grave Marker – Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands.

Memorial – Warrant Officer Class II Clifford John Vosper Kettley is also 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 – Warrant Officer Class II Clifford John Vosper Kettley is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens