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Military service
Service number:
J/94289
Age:
24
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
434 Sqdn.
Death:
December 18, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. B. 14.
Additional information
Son of Peter and Marie Janzen, of Erwood, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Leslie Homer Janzen
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Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Letter
RCAF letter to parents re recollection of P/O (WAG) Herbert Brown of Alberta, the only crew member who was able to bail out of the aircraft. Final investigation showed that a collision of Halifaxes resulted in this loss. Additional information and photos about crashes are available on the following website: http://www.rcaf434squadron.com/crash-sites-memorials/crash-sites-failed-to-return/12642860 -
Group Photo
Group photo of the 104 crew flying Halifax NR-118 “WL-U” in 434 Squadron -
Document
Names of Relatives form. -
Photo of Leslie Janzen
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Grave marker
Photo of grave marker courtesy of Des Philippet (find-a-grave) -
Essay
Circumstances of Last Flight: daylight raid over Duisburg, Germany [researcher G. E. Chase] -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Leslie Homer Janzen is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Leslie Homer Janzen is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Group photo
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leslie Homer Janzen
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leslie Homer Janzen
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leslie Homer Janzen
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leslie Homer Janzen
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leslie Homer Janzen
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leslie Homer Janzen
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leslie Homer Janzen
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leslie Homer Janzen
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leslie Homer Janzen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 344 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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