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Son of Dr. Theodore Rupert Ford and Margaret Irene Ford, of Shelburne, Nova Scotia. B.A.
Wing Commander Ford was an ace, he was credited with destroying six enemy aircraft. He was killed when his Spitfire aircraft # AA980 was shot down in the sea off Holland.
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Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Leslie Sydney Ford
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Leslie Sydney Ford
From a World War Two issue of the Fredericton (New Brunswick) Daily Gleaner c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Leslie Sydney Ford
Close-up view of the memorial inscription.
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Leslie Sydney Ford
Photo taken by LCol Black, of a memorial stained glass window for Wing Commander Ford in Trinity Church, Liverpool, N.S.
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Leslie Sydney Ford
From the Toronto Star October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Leslie Sydney Ford
From the Toronto Star May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Leslie Sydney Ford
From the Regina Leader Post October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Leslie Sydney Ford
Leslie Ford at right. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Leslie Sydney Ford
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Leslie Sydney Ford
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Leslie Sydney Ford
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Leslie Sydney Ford
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Leslie Sydney Ford
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Leslie Sydney Ford
From the Toronto Telegram May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Leslie Sydney Ford
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Leslie Sydney Ford
From the Toronto Telegram April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From a World War Two issue of the Fredericton (New Brunswick) Daily Gleaner c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Close-up view of the memorial inscription.
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Photo taken by LCol Black, of a memorial stained glass window for Wing Commander Ford in Trinity Church, Liverpool, N.S.
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From the Toronto Star October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Regina Leader Post October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Leslie Ford at right. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 160 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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VLIELAND GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands
Vlieland is one of the Frisian Islands lying off the north coast of Holland, and is connected with the mainland at Harlingen by ferry boat from its main village and port, Oostvlieland. The VLIELAND GENERAL CEMETERY is on the north-western outskirts of Oostvlieland, about 1 kilometre from the quay. Most of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth graves are in one prominently sited plot.
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