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Oswald Adam Linton

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Oswald Adam Linton

March 15, 1944
Altenberg, Germany

Military Service

Service Number:

J/88772

Age:

24

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

427 Sqdn.

Citation(s):

1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 13 November 1946.

Additional Information

Born:

January 30, 1920
Papineau County, Quebec

Enlistment:

December 29, 1941
Ottawa, Ontario

Son of Alexander and Katherine (nee Coursolle) Linton, of Osgoode, Ontario. Pilot Officer Linton is commemorated on the Cenotaph in the Village of Vernon, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 366 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
Germany

Grave Reference:

4. H. 23.

Location:

Durnbach is a village 16 kilometres east of Bad Tolz, a town 48 kilometres south of Munich. Durnbach War Cemetery is 3 kilometres north of the village Gmund am Tegernsee. Using the A8 from Munich, turn off at the junction Holzkirchen, taking the 318 road in the direction of Gmund am Tegernsee. At the crossroads with the 472, turn left in the direction of Miesbach. The cemetery is situated approximately 500 metres on the left from the 318/472 crossroads.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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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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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Oswald Adam Linton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Oswald Adam Linton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Oswald Adam Linton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Oswald Adam Linton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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    Photo of Oswald Adam Linton – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Correspondence – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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  • Grave marker

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  • Photo of OSWALD ADAM LINTON– My great uncle Oswald Linton

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    Photo of OSWALD ADAM LINTON – My great uncle Oswald Linton

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