Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Photo of ERNEST LESLIE HOLDEN – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Grave marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Group Photo – caption on back of photo: back row from left - Bagnell, Henderson, Jim Larkin, Stubbs; front row from left - John Liddell, Les Holden, Jack Burkitt, Tom Robson

Grave Marker – With permission from http://home.no.net/thsord/ Aircraft Crash Research in Southern Norway, by Thomas Sordalen Halifax JP330 #58 Sqdn was on an anti-shipping, anti-submarine mission out of Stornoway on April 25, 1945. The bomber is believed to have been attacked by german fighters in the Skagerrak, and lost without a trace. Details received from F/Lt. Holden's son, Paul Holden. RCAF Crew were: Bur. Churchyard at Mandal, Norway F/L (P) Ernest Leslie Holden age 22 F/L (2ndP) John Alan Burkitt age 26 Commemorasted n Runnymede Memorial to the Missing: F/L (N) Thomas Claude Robson age 26 F/O (AG) James Meyrick Larkin age 30 F/O (AG) ohn Raymond Liddell age 20 F/Sgt. (AG) Alan Francis Juby age 19 F/Sgt. (BA) Kenneth George William Henderson age 19

Chuchyard Mandal Church, Norway.

Family Photo – Ernest, Margaret, Robert and Paul

Family Photo – Sons Paul and Grant holding photo of dad Ernest, day they foud out he passed away.

Wedding Photo – Wedding Photo Maragret and Ernest

Family Photo – Saying goodbye before leaving for war.

Photo of Ernest Leslie Holden – My father - 1942