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Military service
Service number:
R/90888
Age:
22
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
106 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
June 15, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
5. H. 5.
Additional information
Son of Patrick and Cecelia Sweeney, of Cobalt, Ontario.
Cousin of Flight Sergeant Joseph Gerald Sweeney, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant James Vincent Sweeney
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Vigil
Standing Guard Nov 11, 2014, Cenotaph, Major Edward J Holland VC Memorial Park, Cobalt Ontario, Photo by Laura Landers -
Cenotaph
Cobalt WWII Fallen Cenotaph Inscription, Major Edward J Holland VC Memorial Park, Cobalt Ontario, Photo by Ken Riley -
Group Photo
Photo of close cousins James Vincent Sweeney and Joseph Gerald Sweeney of Cobalt, ON. They died within 2 weeks of each other. Note that they used their middle name as their main name. Vincent died June 15, 1943 and Gerald died June 29, 1943. -
Photo of JAMES VINCENT SWEENEY
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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 Sergeant James Vincent Sweeney is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant James Vincent Sweeney is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Remembering cousins lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Vincent Sweeney
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Vincent Sweeney
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Vincent Sweeney
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Vincent Sweeney
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Vincent Sweeney
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Vincent Sweeney
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Vincent Sweeney
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Vincent Sweeney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 218 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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