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Military service
Service number:
J/86590
Age:
20
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
419 Sqdn.
Birth:
October 22, 1923
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
June 26, 1941
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
January 21, 1944
Bisdorf-Borne, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
6. Z. 2.
Additional information
Son of Joseph Chess and Fannie Klass, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
He had service in Canada and in United Kingdom.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Europe Star, Defense Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and bar, Operational Wings.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer James Barry Chess
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of James Chess
James Chess is honoured on page 17 of the memorial book,<br> CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties,<br> compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. <br> This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact:<p> The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives <br> 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada)<br> telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 <br> facsimile: 514-931-0548 <br> website: www.cjc.ca -
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Pilot Officer James Barry Chess is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer James Barry Chess 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 -
Photo of JAMES BARRY CHESS
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JAMES BARRY CHESS
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Barry Chess
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Barry Chess
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Barry Chess
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Barry Chess
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Barry Chess
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Barry Chess
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Barry Chess
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Barry Chess
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Barry Chess
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 272 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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