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Flying Officer WILLIAM RANSOM BREITHAUPT

Service Number: J/17271
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Air Force

239 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Date of Death

Died 13 September 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY

Joint grave 18. B. 21-22.

Germany

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of William Walter and Gertrude Hughes Breithaupt, of York Mills, Ontario, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription FOR "BRIGHT-EYES," BRIGHTER SKIES
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Buried or commemorated at

RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3339
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