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Moody, Vincent Kenneth DFC J15363. Flight Lieutenant. Pilot. 131 SquadronRoyal Canadian Air Force.

Vincent Moody enlisted 23 October 1940 in Halifax. His initial training school was in Regina, followed by elementary flying in Edmonton and service flying in Yorkton. He arrived in the United Kingdom in August 1941 and took operational training at Grangemouth, Sterlingshire. In June 1942 he was posted to 118 Squadron in Italy. He flew out of Malta and returned to the U.K. in December 1942. He began his second tour of operations in July 1943. On 18 February 1944 he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. The citation, sent by the Minister of National Defence for Air, to his parents read:
"This officer has taken part in a large number of escort sorties and reconnaissance missions over enemy territory. He participated in operations in Malta, during a period of intense activity, and later engaged in sweeps over Sicily. On one occasion in October 1943, Flying Officer Moody's section was attacked by eight Messerschmit 110's. Under his successful leadership two of the enemy aircraft were destroyed. He has himself, destroyed two enemy aircraft and damaged many others, The personnel of the Force are proud of your son's fine service record."

Vincent was killed when his Spitfire aircraft #MD 123 was last seen belching black smoke after pulling from an attack on Lemans Airfield, France. It was assumed to have been hit by flack. Vincent reportd by radio transmission that he was going to bail out.
Buried at Yvre L'Eveque Communal Cemetery, Sarthe, France. His is the only Commonwealth Burial in this cemetery.

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Atwood. Brenton Leslie. Air Craftsman.1st Class. Marine Squadron. RCAF. 1924 to1945
1945

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Atwood, Brenton Leslie R252302. Air Craftsman 1st Class, Marine Squadron. Royal Canadian Air Force. 1924 to 1945.

Brenton Atwood enlisted in May 1943 and took his basic training in Lachine, Quebec. During the winter of 1944 he was a member of the crew of the coastal freighter, Beaver, one of two major support and supply vessels operated by the Marine Squadron Eastern Air Command. The assignment was to deliver much needed supplies and equipment to the RCAF Squadron stationed at Reykjavik, Iceland. The crew was "specially picked" for the risky trip. The ship was unescorted, U-boats were known to be in the area and the weather in the North Atlantic was extremely harsh. The operation was successful and the Beaver returned safely to Halifax "after a hazardous exploit seldom equaled in Canada's Maritime History". Brenton is buried at Atwood's Brook (old) Cemetery.

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Nickerson, Robert Emerson Drocourt. Sergeant Pilot.
1940

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Nickerson, Robert Emerson Drocourt R65358.
Sergeant Pilot. 57 Operational Training Unit. Royal Canadian Air Force.
Born 2 January 1920 in Clark's Harbour, Shelburne County; killed on 10 July 1941 when the Hurricane aircraft he was piloting crashed at Welsh Road, two miles from Ledsham, near Chester, England. He was the son of Warren Judson and Jacobine (Locke) Nickerson of Barrington Passage and had a brother, Fred and a sister, Imogene.
Robert was a student telegrapher with the Canadian National Railway when he enlisted. He received his wings at Camp Borden in May 1941 and had been overeseas for only a short time before he was killed. The cause of the crash of his aircraft was a glycol leak. Buried at St. Deiniol Churchyard, Hawarden, Flintshire, United Kingdom.

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Newell, Claude Ralston. Flight Sergeant. 53 Squadron. Royal Canadian Air Force 1924 to 1944.
1944

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Newell, Claude Ralston R153296. Flight Sergeant 53 Squadron. Royal Canadian Air Force. 1924 to 1944.

Claude Newell enlisted in 1942 and received his wings on 14 June 1943. His attestation papers show the aircraft, with a crew of 11, took off at 2152 hours on 16 April 1944 to carry out a Leigh Light Anti-submarine Patrol over the Atlantic. A signal was received on 17 April 1944 that a possible U-Boat was being investigate. Nothing further was received. The official report believed that their failure to return was the result of enemy action.
Claude's name is inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial Cemetery, Panel 255, Surrey, United Kingdom.

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Wall, Charles Douglas. Flying Officer. Air Bomber.
1943

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Wall, Charles Douglas J18044. Flying Officer.
Air Bomber. 83rd Squadron. Pathfinder Force.
Royal Canadian Air Force. 1919 to 1944.

Charles was a mill worker at Shelburne Shipbuilders when he enlisted on 15 August 1940. He trained as a navigator in Brandon, Manitoba, at RCAF Station, Vancouver and in Regina, Saskatchewan. He was commissioned 21 June 1943 and went overseas 21 December 1943. Charles was stationed on the east coast of Scotland with a Heavy Bomber Group. He had finished his stint of flying and was due to a furlough; however, because of the shortage of flight crews he signed up again. Charles was the bomb aimer of the aircraft detailed to attack Berlin on the night of the 2/3 January when his Lancaster was shot down with seven other crew members. Buried in Berlin War Cemetery in Collective Grave 8, Row Z, 27-29. Berlin, Germany.

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Giffin, John 'Winslow'. Flight Sergeant. Wireless Operator. Air Gunner.
1941

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Giffin, John "Winslow" Alexander R76036.
Flight Sergeant. Wireless Operator. Air Gunner.
77th Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Born 5 October 1921 in Osborne Harbour, Shelburne County; killed 16 February 1942 when his Whitley Z9229 aircraft's port engine failed and crashed at Sharbourne, Warwickshire, England, while returning from an operational sortie.

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Halifax Aircraft DND photo PL41055. Courtesy of Shearwater Aviation Museum
1940

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A Halifax 257 aircraft crashed near the city of Ludwighshafen, on the west bank of the Rhine River, on the night of 9 August 1943. Flight Sergeant William Daniel Demoliter, rear gunner, was killed along with the crew of six others.

Halifax aircraft #MZ603, crashed 2 Novmeber 1944, when hit during night air operations over Dusseldorf, Germany. Flying Officer William St. "Clair" Huskilson was killed along with the rest of the bomber's crew.

Halifax aircraft #W1186, on 27 July 1942, was hit by flak, exploded and fell into the Elbe River, near Hamburg, Germany. Flight Sergeant Arthur "Douglas" Swansburg and crew were killed.

Halifax aircraft #LL 139 went missing during night operations against Magdeburg Germany. Roland Otis Nickerson and four of the crew were killed and one flying officer was taken as a Prisoner of War.

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Liberator aircraft. DND photo PL 2180. Courtesy of Shearwater Aviation Museum.
1940