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Rank Flying Officer (Pilot)
Unit # Royal Canadian Air Force, 407 Demon Sqdn., Long Range Patrol Sqdn.

Son of John and Catherine Tuchtie, of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.

Killed in a flying accident in Wellington bomber MP 622 collided in mid-air with a Halifax bomber and crashed 2 miles SE of New Milton, Hampshire, England.

Age: 23, DOAA – Date of Death: 13/08/1943

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sources Grave stone memorial Maple Leaf Cemetery, Chatham, ON. Index of Overseas Deaths. They Shall Grow Not Old (indicates he was from Chatham, ON.).
Supplemental Information Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead, Grave/Memorial Reference: Row Q Grave 4. Cemetery: HEANTON PUNCHARDON (ST. AUGUSTINE) CHURCHYARD.

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