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Military service
Service number:
J/24215
Age:
21
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
408 Sqdn.
Birth:
November 7, 1922
Exeter, England
Enlistment:
March 5, 1942
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
February 20, 1944
Overseas, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IVa. C. 32.
Additional information
Son of Richard Ernest and Florence May Leaman, of Calgary, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer James Richard Leaman
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Grave Marker
Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 & 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of JAMES RICHARD LEAMAN
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Identification
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Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Notification of death
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Memorial
Flying Officer James Richard Leaman is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer James Richard Leaman 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
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Richard Leaman
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Richard Leaman
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Richard Leaman
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Richard Leaman
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Richard Leaman
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Richard Leaman
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Richard Leaman
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Richard Leaman
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Richard Leaman
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 361 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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