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Details:

Plot 13. Row 5. Grave 95.

Isolated Burial



An inscribed Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) memorial headstone.

He served on the crew of Halifax II DT795 of 158 Squadron that was shot down over Netherlands.  He is buried next to his fellow crewmates to include the American Warrant Officer Rodney Webber.  The crew is remembered on a memorial in Wapenveld, Gelderland.

Monument Text:

R.78495 WARRANT OFFICER

F.H. BLAKE

PILOT

ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE

3RD APRIL 1943 AGE 26

 

"AND HOW CAN MAN DIE BETTER

THAN FACING FEARFUL ODDS,

FOR THE ASHES OF HIS FATHERS..."

Commemorates:

People:

Frederick Henry "Harry" Blake

Units:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Wars:

WWII