Royden Garfield Bradley
Royden Garfield Bradley
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This is Royden Garfield Bradley he is a world war two soldier that was a student at Devonshire public school and then Glebe Collegiate Institute he was born september,22, 1922 and was 22 years old and died in 1944 on august 27th he did have a father by his time of death and did have a mother and no siblings. He was a pilot for the Canadian air force. He was five foot six (5’’6) and was 158 lbs he was very athletic as said in his memorial information and played hockey softball and swam. He was born in Canada and lived in Lansdowne, Ontario. He finished his schooling before the war at Glebe C.I.
After the Second World War Broke out Royden Garfield Bradley reported for duty he was a good man who worked as a carpenter for a year before enlisting in the war. He joined waiting to be an airplane pilot, he didn't have prior flying experience, the pilots usually lived better than infantry soldiers sleeping in beds and eating better foods than most ground troops. His report said that he was an athletic man doing Hockey, Softball and Swimming. He Spoke and Read English, so his military service record put his smartenes as average. He went to highschool for two years and stopped going when he was 14 years of age. After that I believe that he worked on a farm for around three years. After that he started his career as a carpenter after working in. He went to Glebe CI and Devenshine Public School. He officially got His Flying License in Moncton NB on July 23 1943. He completed 19 Operations over Enemy Territory wenn he was reported missing on August 27 1944. He washed up ashore at TVED near Begtrup VIG, MOES on the 6th October 1944.
Officer Royden Garfield Bradley died in combat.
He washed up ashore at TVED near Begtrup VIG, MOES on the 6th October 1944 which means he was most likely shot down and his plane went down and either was injured or drowned because he washed up on the beach.
His gravesite is in Tved Kirke, Denmark.
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Glebe Collegiate Institute
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
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