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HARTEN, John Wilbert Edmund

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rank: F/L
status: kia
airforce: RCAF    (no: J16665 )
born: Canada

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John Wilbert Edmund Harten (J/16665).

This pilot flew Spitfire fighter aircraft for the RCAF / RAF (60% of all RCAF personnel served in RAF units at some point) in WWII, this record has come from the database of Mr. Halliday, a Canadian military historian.

This Pilot's entry: cause of death was kia, burial location Belgium, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (www.cwgc.org) may have more information on family. He was shot down by flak while performing low level ground attack on a train (see links right).

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AirforceSqdrnDate
RCAF 416

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SerialNoteDate
RR256 1945-04-19

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