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Betts, Bruce George

Rank
Pilot Officer
Service No.
J/89377
Unit
Royal Canadian Air Force 425th Sqdn
Died
29 July 1944 (missing during bombing raid over Hamburg)
Age: 25
Commemorated
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK - Panel 249
Remembrance:
Second World War Book of Remembrance - Page 249
Additional Info
Son of Arthur & Florence Annie Betts, 17 Bond St. Lindsay
Brother of Don, Wallace, Stewart, John
Locomotive engineer

Aircraft Information
Aircraft: Handley Page Halifax III
Serial Number: MZ712
Markings: KW-S

Fellow Servicemen
P/O Dalessandro, F. J.
P/O Image, L.
P/O Noonan J. W. R.
P/O Patterson, R. E.
P/O Vance, W. W.
P/O Vanderveen, H. L.
P/O Vincent, G. K. V.
P/O Watson, F. S.

Transcription:
 

3 August, 1944

Flight Sgt. Bruce Betts is Missing
Had Completed 30 Operational Flights
Over Enemy Territory, Well Known Lindsay Boy

Flt. Sgt Bruce George Betts, well known Lindsay boy and son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Betts, 17 Bond St., is missing following air operations on July 29, according to word received by his parents yesterday.

A graduate of L.C.I. and well known in local sporting circles, particular in hockey, Bruce has been overseas since June 1943 and had completed his thirty operational flights over enemy territory. He had planned on taking a trip to Scotland on furlough after completing a few more trips for good measures before switching off unto instructional duty for a time.

Flt. Sgt. Betts received his wings at St. Jean Quebec and was attached to the Alouette Squadron overseas. He was 24 years of age.

In addition to Flt. Sgt Bruce, three other members of the Betts family are serving in the armed forces, they are: Pilot Officer Wallace Betts, two years overseas, Donald, in training in Chatham N.B. with the R.C.A.F. and John Stanley, with the Canadian Army Ordnance Division at Camp Utopia, N.B.