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Alvin Leslie Spafford

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Alvin Leslie Spafford

July 3, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

R/59327

Age:

33

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

103 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Born:

June 6, 1909
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment:

June 27, 1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of Alfred and Ida Spafford of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Husband of Anne Forbes Spafford of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Brother of Lieutenant (Nursing Sister) Frances Winnifred Spafford, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps.

Commemorated on Page 116 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

SAGE WAR CEMETERY
Germany

Grave Reference:

Coll. grave 14. B. 9-10.

Location:

Sage is a village 24 km south of Oldenburg, a town 43 km west of Bremen and 28 km north of the main road from Bremen to Holland. The cemetery lies 2 km south of the village on the west side of the road to Osnabruck. From the A1 Bremen/Munster motorway visitors should leave at the Wildeshousen Nord junction and take 213 following signs for Alhorn and Oldenburg. After 8 km and immediately after the village of Alhorn turn right at the roundabout and follow signs for Oldenburg along the Oldenburgerstrasse. The cemetery lies on the left hand side of the road 4 km from Alhorn.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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    Memorial – Remembering siblings lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Alvin Leslie Spafford is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Alvin Leslie Spafford is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Alvin Leslie Spafford is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Alvin Leslie Spafford is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– 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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    Memorial – 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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