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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Leslie Sydney Ford

In memory of:

Wing Commander Leslie Sydney Ford

June 4, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

J/3712

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

402 City of Winnipeg Squadron

Honours and Awards:

Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar

Additional Information

Son of Dr. Theodore Rupert Ford and Margaret Irene Ford, of Shelburne, Nova Scotia. B.A.

Wing Commander Ford was an ace, he was credited with destroying six enemy aircraft. He was killed when his Spitfire aircraft # AA980 was shot down in the sea off Holland.

Commemorated on Page 160 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

VLIELAND GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Grave 63.

Location:

Vlieland is one of the Frisian Islands lying off the north coast of Holland, and is connected with the mainland at Harlingen by ferry boat from its main village and port, Oostvlieland. The VLIELAND GENERAL CEMETERY is on the north-western outskirts of Oostvlieland, about 1 kilometre from the quay. Most of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth graves are in one prominently sited plot.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Group Photo– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Group Photo – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Leader Post October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Regina Leader Post October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War Two issue of the Fredericton (New Brunswick) Daily Gleaner c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War Two issue of the Fredericton (New Brunswick) Daily Gleaner c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial stained glass window– Photo taken by LCol Black, of a memorial stained glass window for Wing Commander Ford in Trinity Church, Liverpool, N.S.

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    Memorial stained glass window – Photo taken by LCol Black, of a memorial stained glass window for Wing Commander Ford in Trinity Church, Liverpool, N.S.
  • Inscription– Close-up view of the memorial inscription.

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  • Photo of Leslie Sydney Ford– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of Leslie Sydney Ford – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Group Photo– Leslie Ford at right. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Group Photo – Leslie Ford at right. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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