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Military service
Service number:
J/27612
Age:
23
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
576 Squadron
Birth:
June 17, 1921
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
January 7, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 280.
Additional information
Son of Adolph and Sarah Saslove, of Ottawa, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Edward Lewis Saslove
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Photo of Edward Lewis Saslove
Flying Officer Edward Lewis Saslove 576 Squadron RAF. Pilot of Lancaster Bomber PA 173 Killed in action January 7, 1945, attempting to land a burning plane with two wounded gunners on board -
Obituary
Edward Saslove is honoured on page 64 of the memorial book,<br> CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties,<br> compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. <br> This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact:<p> The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives <br> 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada)<br> telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 <br> facsimile: 514-931-0548 <br> website: www.cjc.ca -
Photo of Edward Saslove
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Group Photo
Five of F/O Eddy Saslove's crew. Seated on the fence from the left, Bob Hood and Max Chisick. Standing from the left, Albert Campton, "Taffy" Davis and Glen McClelland. -
Memorial
Flying Officer Edward Lewis Saslove is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Edward Lewis Saslove is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of EDWARD LEWIS SASLOVE
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
A beautiful monument was installed in 2015 at the Jewish Community Cemetery on Bank Street, honouring those brave men of the Ottawa Jewish Community who fought and lost their lives in war. The three panel granite monument lists Ottawa community members who served and fell in the Great War, World War II, Israeli War of Independence and while on active duty with the Israeli Army.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Lewis Saslove
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Lewis Saslove
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Lewis Saslove
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Lewis Saslove
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Lewis Saslove
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Lewis Saslove
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Lewis Saslove
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Lewis Saslove
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Lewis Saslove
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 561 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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