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Alfred Alexander Balcombe

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Alfred Alexander Balcombe

August 15, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

J/18378

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

7 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Commemorated on Page 133 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

SASSENAY CHURCHYARD
Saone-et-Loire, France

Grave Reference:

Coll. grave.

Location:

Sassenay is a village and commune 8 kilometres north-east of Chalon and some 57 kilometres north of Macon. The churchyard is in the centre of the village. The collective grave of four British, two Canadian, one Australian and one New Zealand airmen is right of the entrance to the churchyard, opposite the main entrance to the church.

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 Alfred Alexander Balcombe is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Alfred Alexander Balcombe is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Alfred Alexander Balcombe is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Alfred Alexander Balcombe is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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