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Military service
Service number:
J/25935
Age:
22
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
405 Sqdn.
Death:
July 29, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 248.
Additional information
Son of William H. and Ida May Townsend, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Elwood Albert Townsend
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Memorial Entrance
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Runnymede Memorial
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Photo of Elwood Albert Townsend
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Western Technical School
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. 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
Flying Officer Elwood Albert Townsend is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Elwood Albert Townsend is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Elwood Albert Townsend
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Elwood Albert Townsend
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Elwood Albert Townsend
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Elwood Albert Townsend
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Elwood Albert Townsend
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Elwood Albert Townsend
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Elwood Albert Townsend
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Elwood Albert Townsend
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Elwood Albert Townsend
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 464 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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