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I research WW II stories from Moose Jaw and found this article in the Moose Jaw Times Herald dated May 12, 1944 and alongside a story about a Saskatchewan man who was promoted to Commander of a Bombe...r Squadron. Out of curiosity I found your website - I hope you appreciate the little story. Penhold, Alberta was a R.A.F. base, part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan in WW II. Moose Jaw Times Herald Friday, May 12, 1944 Names of Penhold Crash Victims Released Calgary, May 12, 1944 – Canadian Press – Names of the two fliers killed when their plane crashed south of Penhold (Alberta, Canada) last Thursday night and the object of a five-day search, have been released. One was Flying Officer David Merry, whose father lives at Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, and the other was LAC George Conway, whose mother, Mrs. D. J. Conway, lives at Bluff, Southland, N.Z. Funeral services, with full air force honors will be held for both the men at Red Deer this afternoon. Transcribed by amateur historian Richard Dowson, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada – November 21, 2016 Read More

Submitted by: Kevin Morris

Relationship to casualty: No relation

I found these 2 photographs in my father's photo album from his time in Canada. [Only one photograph received - NZWGT]