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Military service
Service number:
R/74360
Age:
23
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
102 Sqdn.
Death:
November 9, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 106.
Additional information
Son of William Thomas Henry and Bridget Beatrice Player, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Flight Sergeant. Graduate St. Patrick's College, Ottawa 1937. Enlisted RCAF Oct 9, 1940 and flew with the RAF. His plane was shot down and lost in the North Sea while returning to England from a raid over Hamburg, night of Nov 9, 1942. There was heavy cloud cover causing the entire raid to be largely unsuccessful. A tragic loss of an easygoing friend to many, a kind brother, a dutiful son and a young Canadian who was so proud to be serving his country.His great - nephew is named Kelleher James in his honour and carries his name with pride.. -
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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 -
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Flight Sergeant James Kelleher Player is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flight Sergeant James Kelleher Player is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Kelleher Player
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Kelleher Player
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Kelleher Player
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Kelleher Player
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Kelleher Player
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Kelleher Player
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Kelleher Player
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Kelleher Player
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Kelleher Player
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 107 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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