Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Memorial – Flying Officer Leslie Andrew McSherry is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Flying Officer Leslie Andrew McSherry 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

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star April 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star April 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram April 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Leader Post Regina, Saskatchewan. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Leader Post Regina, Saskatchewan. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Leader Post Regina, Saskatchewan. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of Leslie Andrew McSherry – Pilot Officer Leslie Andrew "Mickey" McSherry Left Regina in 1936 to play hockey in England. Enlisted in the RAF on May 1, 1936. Was appointed an Officer on May 3, 1937. He was the pilot of an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bomber K8957, which crashed April 8, 1940, at Northcote Railway station, near Stratford on Avon. The weather was bad, and the aircraft iced up. Mickey ordered all to bail out while he would attempt to land the aircraft. Only one did - from 250 feet, and survived. Three other crewmembers were killed. Two memorial trophies, one for hockey and one for tennis were named in his honour. Also a street and a lake in mid-eastern Saskatchewan are named after him.

Photo 2 of Leslie Andrew McSherry – Leslie Andrew "Mickey" McSherry in full flying gear.

Wedding Day – Leslie Andrew "Mickey" McSherry and bride Viola Mary Hosdell, August 26, 1939.

Newspaper Clipping – Wedding announcement, Burstwick, Yorkshire England

Grave Marker – All Saints Church, Burstwick, Yorkshire, England