Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Flight Sergeant Herman Backler is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Flight Sergeant Herman Backler is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Photo of HERMAN BACKLER – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of HERMAN BACKLER – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of HERMAN BACKLER – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Grave marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of Herman Backler – Herman Backler is honoured on page 12 of the memorial book, CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties, compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. 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: The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada) telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 facsimile: 514-931-0548 website: www.cjc.ca

Cemetery – Entrance - Calais Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Cemetery – Calais Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Grave Marker – Grave marker - Calais Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens