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Military service
Service number:
C1191
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
439 Sqdn.
Death:
December 24, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. F. 11.
Additional information
Son of Elmer Freeland and Olive Edna Sage of London, Ontario.
Husband to Iris Irene Sage (nee Tilley) of Chatham Ontario. Father of Lynne Louise Sage.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Freeland Sage
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Photo of Kenneth Freeland Sage
Enlisted October 1939, and trained as a Pilot. He served with #135 Squadron in British Columbia. When posted to England, he flew with #439 City of Westmount Squadron. While based in Holland he was ordered to attack fortified positions ahead of the advancing armies. On December 24, 1944 his Typhoon fighter-bomber was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed. -
Photo of Kenneth Freeland Sage
Image taken from the photo album of Flight Lieutenant Walter Neil Dove a Spitfire pilot with RCAF No. 403 Squadron. This picture was taken at No. 61 O.T.U. in Rednal, England in September 1944. -
Photo of KENNETH FREELAND SAGE
Collage of photos and ID card. LAC, Ottawa -
Document
Letter outlining circumstances of Sage's crash. LAC, Ottawa -
Photo of Kenneth Freeland Sage
Flying Officer Kenneth Freeland Sage.
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Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Freeland Sage
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Freeland Sage
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Freeland Sage
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Freeland Sage
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Freeland Sage
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Commemorated on:
Page 435 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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