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Flight Sergeant Reginald Bruce “Brucie” Petersen

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Flight Sergeant Reginald Bruce “Brucie” Petersen

Birth
Saskatchewan, Canada
Death
9 May 1942 (aged 29)
Essen, Stadtkreis Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Burial
Charlottenburg, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany Add to Map
Plot
Section 8, row B, grave 8
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Flt Sgt Bruce Petersen's aircraft was shot down during a raid over Essen, Germany, and (according to family lore) his body was never found

He was married for less than a year before being posted overseas. His bride, Mrs. Dorothy Bancks (Baines) Petersen, of Toronto Ontario, survived him

Bruce's ancestry was Danish on his father's side, and Barbadian / British on his mother's. His Grandmother Anne (Millard) Petersen is interred at Westbury Cemetery, Bridgetown, Barbados

There are two nieces (USA and Canada) and a nephew (in Canada) who continue the Petersen heritage. 'Brucie' was my Mother's 1st cousin
Flt Sgt Bruce Petersen's aircraft was shot down during a raid over Essen, Germany, and (according to family lore) his body was never found

He was married for less than a year before being posted overseas. His bride, Mrs. Dorothy Bancks (Baines) Petersen, of Toronto Ontario, survived him

Bruce's ancestry was Danish on his father's side, and Barbadian / British on his mother's. His Grandmother Anne (Millard) Petersen is interred at Westbury Cemetery, Bridgetown, Barbados

There are two nieces (USA and Canada) and a nephew (in Canada) who continue the Petersen heritage. 'Brucie' was my Mother's 1st cousin

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Royal Canadian Air Force

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