LEST WE FORGET 321 VOSHELL, Earl Joseph WWII Earl was born in Meskanaw, Saskatchewan, on August 26, 1925. He enlisted with the Canadian Scottish Regiment and served in France, Belgium, and Holland. He was killed in action on February 19, 1945, at age nineteen, and is buried at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery near Nijmegen, Netherlands. Earl was the son of J. B. and Charlotte Voshell. VINEY, Frederick Harold WWII Flying Officer Frederick Harold Viney was born in Outlook on June 30, 1922. His parents, Frederick Thomas and Palma Juliet (Wagnol) Viney later moved to Abbey, Saskatchewan where they owned a grocery store. Frederick Harold Viney attended school in Abbey. He enjoyed hockey, baseball, tennis, football, hunting and target shooting. He was working for Mr. Frank Yeast of Fox Valley when he enlisted with the RCAF in Regina in 1941. (His older sister Grace also enlisted in the RCAF.) He trained in several locations with the 405 City of Vancouver Pathfinder Squadron of the RCAF: Penhold, Calgary, Trenton and Mountain View, Ontario, where he graduated first in his class. Flying Officer Viney was posted overseas in May 1942. He received his Pathfinder Badge on April 4, 1943. On a night bombing raid over Turin, Italy, on April 16, 1943, he and his six comrades were aboard a Halifax II bomber which took off at 20:09 hours in moderate visibility with moonlight. Flying Officer Viney was in the dangerous rear gunner position. The Gransden Lodge Airfield (home of the 405 Squadron) logbook states: “This aircraft failed to return from this mission and nothing has been heard from the crew since take-off.” He was reported missing in action on April 17, 1943. The family held out hope that he and his crew had been captured and were prisoners of war. Frederick’s sister Grace (also in the RCAF) received a letter confirming her brother’s death on July 8, 1944: “May the same spirit which prompted your brother to offer his life give you renewed courage.” Flying Officer Frederick Harold Viney served the RCAF for 781 days. His body was never found. He is commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial 32 km west of London, England. More than 17,000 members of the RCAF died in World War II. Approximately one third of them have no known grave.
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