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Son of Edward Emmanuel and Mabel Frances Hayes, of Souris, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Sergeant James Patrick Hayes
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Patrick Hayes
Air Gunner Sgt. Hayes, age 22, was training on #22 Operational Training Unit.
Wellington aircraft was carrying practice bombs and reconnaissance flares when
It flew into some low cloud and crashed a few feet from the summit of a
Mountain at Cerric, Breconshire.
He is buried in the Hereford Cemetery, Herefordshire, England.
The other crew members were
F.S. E. E. Mittell
F.S. J. B. Kemp
Sgt. K. Yuill
Sgt. H. C. Beatty.
From They Shall Grow Not Old: Les Allison,
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum Inc.
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In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Air Gunner Sgt. Hayes, age 22, was training on #22 Operational Training Unit. Wellington aircraft was carrying practice bombs and reconnaissance flares when It flew into some low cloud and crashed a few feet from the summit of a Mountain at Cerric, Breconshire. He is buried in the Hereford Cemetery, Herefordshire, England. The other crew members were F.S. E. E. Mittell F.S. J. B. Kemp Sgt. K. Yuill Sgt. H. C. Beatty. From They Shall Grow Not Old: Les Allison, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum Inc.
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Sergeant James Patrick Hayes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Sergeant James Patrick Hayes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … 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
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 80 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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HEREFORD CEMETERY Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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