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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
J/86068
Age:
29
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
166 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
July 1, 1915
Death:
February 1, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 8. E. 3-6.
Additional information
Son of James and Helen Spankie; husband of Dorothy E. Spankie, of Stettler, Alberta.
Additional citations
Distinguished Flying Cross.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Edward Spankie
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Memorial Cairn
Memorial Cairn commemorating Flight Lieutenant Spankie of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Spankie Lake was named after him and it was dedicated to him on June 23, 2004.<P> The name of this lake was bestowed by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (now the Geographical Names Board of Canada). The Memorial Cairns Project was conducted by the Airman's Memorial Cairns Committee, Royal Canadian Legion, McGrane Branch No 28, Lac La Biche, Alberta. -
Photo of Edward Spankie
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Grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of EDWARD SPANKIE
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Photo of EDWARD SPANKIE
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Id Card
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Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant Edward Spankie is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant Edward Spankie is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Lieutenant Edward Spankie
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Edward Spankie
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Edward Spankie
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Edward Spankie
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Edward Spankie
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Edward Spankie
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Edward Spankie
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Edward Spankie
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Edward Spankie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 566 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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