Name:
John Hugh Price
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Serial Number:
J/17470
Unit:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Death:
1943-09-06
State:
California
Cemetery:
Rheinberg War Cemetery, Rheinberg, Kreis Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Plot:
Coll. grave 18. G. 7-10.
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John Hugh Price was born on August 22, 1921, in Vancouver, Canada. He was the son of Edward Price, of Los Angeles, California, and Mary Hughes (nee Roberts) Price (deceased when John enlisted).
John served in the 83 (R.A.F.) Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Pilot Officer during World War II. He was Killed in Action on September 6, 1943, when his Lancaster aircraft #JB 118 was lost during night operations against Mannheim, Germany.