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Military service
Service number:
R/103273
Age:
25
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
September 10, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 104.
Additional information
Son of George M. Irvine and of Jessie J. Irvine (nee James), of St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada.
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Irvine, James Frederick - Flight Sergeant. Born 1st January, 1917, at St. Catharines, Ont. Educated at St. Catharines Public Schools, and Collegiate Institute and Vocational School. Entered the service of the Bank 5th July, 1934. Served at Thorold, Port Dalhousie and St. Catharines, Ont. Enlisted 3rd June, 1941, from St. Catharines in R.C.A.F. Sergeant Pilot in January, 1942; Flight Sergeant in July, 1942. Trained at Goderich and Brantford, Ont. Overseas early in 1942. Attached R.A.F. Reported missing after air operations over Du'ssddorf on 11th September, 1942. Officially presumed dead 3rd June 1943. His Wing Commander wrote: "Flight Sergeant Irvine was one of our most efficient pilots and a member of one of our best crews. He did his duty well." <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i> -
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flight Sergeant James Frederick Irvine is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flight Sergeant James Frederick Irvine is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Frederick Irvine
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Frederick Irvine
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Frederick Irvine
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Frederick Irvine
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Frederick Irvine
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Frederick Irvine
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Frederick Irvine
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 84 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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