Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Photo of James Hayes – 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 Hayes – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Memorial – Sergeant James Patrick Hayes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Sergeant James Patrick Hayes 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

Cemetery – Air Gunner Sgt. Hayes, age 22, was training on #22 Operational Training Unit. Wellington aircraft was carrying practice bombs and reconnaissance flares when It flew into some low cloud and crashed a few feet from the summit of a Mountain at Cerric, Breconshire. He is buried in the Hereford Cemetery, Herefordshire, England. The other crew members were F.S. E. E. Mittell F.S. J. B. Kemp Sgt. K. Yuill Sgt. H. C. Beatty. From They Shall Grow Not Old: Les Allison, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum Inc.