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DRYSDALE, R E - Pilot Officer

Pilot Officer
ROBERT ELMER (R E) DRYSDALE

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  • Pilot Officer
    ROBERT ELMER (R E) DRYSDALE

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    ROBERT ELMER (R E) DRYSDALE
    23 August 1920
    J/5792
    Pilot Officer
    Royal Canadian Air Force
    12 February 1942
    MIA over English channel while attacking Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Tirpitz
    21 years
    FLUSHING (VLISSINGEN) NORTHERN CEMETERY

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    12 February 1942 - FLUSHING (VLISSINGEN) NORTHERN CEMETERY | Age: 21 years

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  • Born in Lanark County near Perth, Ont. Attended Perth public school and graduated from Perth High School. Hobbies hunting and fishing.Worked at Andrew Jergens Company., Enl. Ottawa 13 Sep 1940. Overseas 5 Jul 1941. Surv. parents, Mr. Mrs. Alexander Moody Drysdale, Sisters, Joyce at home, Mrs. Hubert Armstrong whose husband was serving in France, and a brother, Arthur. D.'s body was recovered from the water near the Hook of Holland.

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Fallen Soldiers buried in FLUSHING (VLISSINGEN) NORTHERN CEMETERY