DAMBUSTERS Pesme, Cecil Percy

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Pesme ​

• FORENAME

Cecil Percy ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.C.A.F. ​

• RANK

Flying Officer ​

• NUMBER

J/21539 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

14th August 1944 ​

• AGE

22 ​

• GRAVESITE

Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, Yorkshire Sec.E Row B Grave 1 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 22.08.1921 Toronto, Ontario, Canada​

son of Percy N. and Annie E. Pesme, Toronto, Ontario, Canada​

civil occupation Draftsman​

28.01.1942 entered service Toronto, Ontario​

air bomber​

Lancaster LM485​

Brest, France (cruiser Gueydon)​

hit by flak and Pesme killed by shrapnel over target​

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