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Edward James Mann

In memory of:

Flying Officer Edward James Mann

July 29, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

J/85595

Age:

20

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

576 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Honours and Awards:

Distinguished Flying Cross

Additional Information

Son of James C. Mann and Myra K. Mann, of Long Acres, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 377 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

SARREWERDEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Bas-Rhin, France

Grave Reference:

Coll. grave.

Location:

Sarrewerden is a very small village 62 kilometres north-west of Strasbourg. It has a railway station, on the Nancy- Sarreguemines line. The communal cemetery is on the south-eastern outskirts of the village in a by-road leading to the neighbouring village of Burbach. Near the middle of the eastern wall is the collective grave of 3 airmen, 1 of whom belonged to the Royal Air Force and 2 to the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flying Officer Edward James Mann is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer Edward James Mann is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Edward James Mann is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer Edward James Mann 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

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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
  • Photo of Edward James Mann– Sgt Edward James Mann 2 April 1943

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    Photo of Edward James Mann – Sgt Edward James Mann 2 April 1943
  • Sarrewerden Communal Cemetery

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    Sarrewerden Communal Cemetery
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  • Photo of Edward James Mann– In Memory of the members of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of Edward James Mann – In Memory of the members of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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