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Robert Clarence Offerdahl

In memory of:

Corporal Robert Clarence Offerdahl

December 4, 1955
Grostenquin, France

Military Service


Service Number:

14600

Age:

28

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

No. 2 (Fighter) Wing

Additional Information


Born:

July 10, 1927
Kelowna, British Columbia

Enlistment:

July 22, 1949
Vancouver, British Columbia

Son of the late Irving Alexis and Inez Lucille (nee Richards) Offerdahl of Winfield, British Columbia. Brother of Vivian Kroeker.

Commemorated on Page 68 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

Grave Reference:

Grave 5, Plot 2A, Row B

Location:

Choloy is a village and commune in the Department of the Meurthe-et-Moselle, 28 kilometres west of Nancy and some 5 kilometres west of Toul, a town on the N4 road from Paris to Nancy. The village is south of the River Moselle on the minor road (D11B) from Toul to the neighbouring village of Foug. The CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY is 3 kilometres west of Toul on the north side of the D11B road. The Choloy War Cemetery is the last resting place of casualties from the First and Second World Wars and is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is also the final resting place for many Royal Canadian Air Force members and their families who died while serving in Europe as part of 1 Air Division between 1953 and 1967 and other Service Members serving with NATO in Germany following Canada's departure from France.

Digital Collection

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  • Original grave marker– Photo courtesy of the National Archives of Canada, C149892.
  • Grave marker– Photo by Malcolm Cromarty.
  • Bristol crash site– Photo courtesy of the National Archives of Canada, C207979.
  • Funeral– Photo courtesy of the National Archives of Canada, C149889.
  • Convoy of Bristol Crash Victims– Photo courtesy of the National Archives of Canada, C149890.
  • Photo of Robert Clarence Offerdahl
  • Newspaper Clipping– Newspaper clipping about the crash of the 3 Dec 1955 Bristol aircraft near RCAF 1 (F) Wing, Marville, France.

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