In memory of

Flight Lieutenant

George Theodore Berg

who died on 3 Oct 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 434 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Flight Lieutenant
  Service number J16782
  Date of death 19431003
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J16782 Flight Lieutenant (No. 434 Bluenose Squadron RCAF navigator bomb aimer) George Theodore Berg (b.1916) of Saskatoon was KIA 19431003 and is buried at Hanover war cemetery, Harrenburg, Germany. Berg was shot down during a raid on Kassel. He was the son of William Halvor and Jalma Theodora (Olson) Berg of Valparaiso. George was born at Weldon, educated there and at City Park collegiate, Saskatoon. He worked at the plant pathology lab at the university and earned a BSA degree, then spent a year working at the Inco refinery at Sudbury before enlisting at Saskatoon early in 1941.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 344 - Corman Park
  Cemetery or memorial location Hannover war cemetery, Niedersachsen, Germany    

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  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Berg Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.55°N / 104.8667°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73P10
  Geo-memorial details Southwest of Missinipe.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19160224
  Place of birth Weldon    
  Date of enlistment 19410106
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Saskatoon    
  Occupation smelter worker
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