Pithie, Harold Cruse (Warrant Officer 2)

Killed in Action 1943-August-31

Warrant Officer 2 Harold Cruse Pithie RCAF

Birth Date: 1920-February-15

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Home: Vancouver, British Columbia

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

427 (B) Sqn- Squadron
Ferte Manus Certas Strike sure

Base

RAF Leeming

Rank

Warrant Officer 2

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/101308

Final Burial
Google MapSchoonselhof Cemetery
Spec Mem C IVa B 25

Took off from Leeming at 23:58 in Halifax Mk V (Sqn code ZL-F Bomber Command) on an operation to Hamburg, Germany.

Killed includes Pithie: Sergeant William John Breen RCAF R/58998 KIA Schoonselhof Cemetery Spec. Mem. C. IVa. B. 24. Warrant Officer Class 2 Clement Bernard Cahill RCAF R/102903 KIA Schoonselhof Cemetery, Plot IVa. Row B. Grave 26. Sergeant Robert Anton Fraser RCAF R/176127 KIA Schoonselhof Cemetery, Plot IVa. Row B. Grave 27. Warrant Officer Class 2 John Robertson RCAF R/103625 KIA Schoonselhof Cemetery grave IVa. B. 29. Flight Sergeant Bernard John Buxton RAF pilot KIA Schoonselhof Cemetery grave IVa. B. 17. Sergeant Norman Jones Huxley RAF KIA Schoonselhof Cemetery grave IVa. B. 28.

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