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Kimble Calvin Sanderson

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Kimble Calvin Sanderson

September 3, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

R/154764

Age:

19

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

#28 Operational Training Unit

Additional Information


Born:

November 15, 1923
Marie, Prince Edward Island

Enlistment:

April 14, 1942
Moncton, New Brunswick

Son of Victor K. Sanderson and Ruth L. Sanderson, of Grandview, Prince Edward Island.

Commemorated on Page 210 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

OXFORD (BOTLEY) CEMETERY
Berkshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Plot I/2. Grave 60.

Location:

Botley is 2 miles west of the city of Oxford in the civil parish of North Hinksey. Leave the Oxford Western bypass (A34) at the Botley interchange and take the exit signposted Oxford A420. At the traffic lights bear left then immediately right into North Hinksey Lane. The entrance to the cemetery is about 200 yards along on the right hand side.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Kimble Calvin Sanderson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Kimble Calvin Sanderson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of KIMBLE CALVIN SANDERSON– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Burial Card– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation paper– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Kimble Calvin Sanderson– Kimble was a crew member of a Wellington Bomber.
  • Photo  2 of Kimble Calvin Sanderson
  • Photo 3 of Kimble Calvin Sanderson– Kimble Calvin Sanderson posing with his sister, Lilian Wood and her daughter, Ruth Wood. This photo was taken in Belleville, Ontario in the fall of 1942.
  • Photo 4 of Kimble Calvin Sanderson– Kimble Calvin Sanderson posing with his niece, Ruth Wood, in Belleville, Ontario during the autumm of 1942.
  • Photo 5 of Kimble Calvin Sanderson– Kimble Calvin Sanderson receiving his wings in St. Jean, Quebec. This photo was taken in February of 1943.
  • Photo of Funeral Procession– Funeral of Kimble Calvin Sanderson. The photo was taken in September 1943.
  • Photo  2 of Funeral Procession– Funeral of Kimble Calvin Sanderson. The photo was taken in September 1943.
  • Oxford (Botley) Cemetery
  • Gravemarker
  • Photo of Kimble Sanderson
  • Photo of Kimble Calvin Sanderson– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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