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Pilot Officer George Robert Berkey

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Pilot Officer George Robert Berkey

Birth
Herbert, Moose Jaw Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada
Death
23 Apr 1944 (aged 22)
France
Burial
Conde-sur-Aisne, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France Add to Map
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Lancaster (#JB 684) aircraft took off from Grantham Lodge, Lincolnshire, on a night raid against the railway yards in Laon, France. Shot down by a night fighter, the Lancaster crashed at Conde-sur-Aisne, 12 Km E. of Soissons, France; all seven aircrew members perished.
The airmen killed in this aircraft crash were:-
RCAF Pilot Officer Edward Lloyd ALBERTS,
RCAF Pilot Officer George Robert BERKEY,
RAFVR Sergeant Sidney BOSWORTH,
RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph GRODECKI,
RCAF Pilot Officer William Robert OLIVER,
RCAF Pilot Officer Russell Arthur SALTZBERRY and
RAFVR Pilot Officer John Walker TONKIN.

Military Service-
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service Number: C/85532
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 405 (‘City Of Vancouver’) Squadron [‘Ducimus’=‘WE LEAD’], Pathfinder Force

Son of George Dewey Berkey and Martha W. Berkey of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
Pilot Officer George Robert Berkey is commemorated on Page 248 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BERKEY, GEORGE ROBERT, G R Pilot Officer ( Flt Engr. ) C/85532 Royal Canadian Air Force 23/04/1944 22 Coll. grave 4-5.
Lancaster (#JB 684) aircraft took off from Grantham Lodge, Lincolnshire, on a night raid against the railway yards in Laon, France. Shot down by a night fighter, the Lancaster crashed at Conde-sur-Aisne, 12 Km E. of Soissons, France; all seven aircrew members perished.
The airmen killed in this aircraft crash were:-
RCAF Pilot Officer Edward Lloyd ALBERTS,
RCAF Pilot Officer George Robert BERKEY,
RAFVR Sergeant Sidney BOSWORTH,
RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph GRODECKI,
RCAF Pilot Officer William Robert OLIVER,
RCAF Pilot Officer Russell Arthur SALTZBERRY and
RAFVR Pilot Officer John Walker TONKIN.

Military Service-
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service Number: C/85532
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 405 (‘City Of Vancouver’) Squadron [‘Ducimus’=‘WE LEAD’], Pathfinder Force

Son of George Dewey Berkey and Martha W. Berkey of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
Pilot Officer George Robert Berkey is commemorated on Page 248 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BERKEY, GEORGE ROBERT, G R Pilot Officer ( Flt Engr. ) C/85532 Royal Canadian Air Force 23/04/1944 22 Coll. grave 4-5.

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