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Gordon Leroy Lindensmith

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Gordon Leroy Lindensmith

August 1, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

J/90312

Age:

20

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

429 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of William L. and Gertrude Lindensmith, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 366 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ST. MARTIN-AU-BOSC COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Seine-Maritime, France

Grave Reference:

Grave 5.

Location:

St. Martin-au-Bosc is a village and commune 42 kilometres east-south-east of Dieppe, and 11 kilometres south of Blangy, where the Le Treport-Aumale-Paris road (N.15 bis) crosses the Rouen to Abbeville road (N.28). The cemetery is on the south-east side of the village, down a rough track, 600 yards from the church. Near, and south-east of the crucifix in the centre of the cemetery are the graves of 1 officer of the Royal Air Force and 6 officers of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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  • Cemetery– Photo courtesy Regis Biaux,France, and Pierre Vandervelden, Belgium, of www.inmemories.com On 31 July 1944, the crew of Halifax LV 950 was airborne at 2151 from their base at RAF Leeming on a mission to attack the V-1 Site at St-Martin-au-Bosc. They failed to return and it was assumed the aircraft had been hit by flak. German military buried the bodies of the crew with the help of Italian POWs. They rest together in a plot in the St-Martin-au-Bosc Communal Cemetery. They were: P/Os John R. Irish (P); John A. Santo (N); Hugh B. Gilmore (AG); P/O (AG) Gordon Lindensmith (AG) F/Os (WAG) Wm. J. Wright (WAG); John E. Gloeckler (BA) and RAF P/O Reg. T. Walsham (FE).

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    Cemetery – Photo courtesy Regis Biaux,France, and Pierre Vandervelden, Belgium, of www.inmemories.com On 31 July 1944, the crew of Halifax LV 950 was airborne at 2151 from their base at RAF Leeming on a mission to attack the V-1 Site at St-Martin-au-Bosc. They failed to return and it was assumed the aircraft had been hit by flak. German military buried the bodies of the crew with the help of Italian POWs. They rest together in a plot in the St-Martin-au-Bosc Communal Cemetery. They were: P/Os John R. Irish (P); John A. Santo (N); Hugh B. Gilmore (AG); P/O (AG) Gordon Lindensmith (AG) F/Os (WAG) Wm. J. Wright (WAG); John E. Gloeckler (BA) and RAF P/O Reg. T. Walsham (FE).
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy of Kelvin Youngs, Aircrew Remembered

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    Grave Marker – Photo courtesy of Kelvin Youngs, Aircrew Remembered
  • Photo of Gordon Leroy Lindensmith– Photo from his RCAF record.

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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

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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
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Gordon Leroy Lindensmith is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Gordon Leroy Lindensmith is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Gordon Leroy Lindensmith is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Gordon Leroy Lindensmith is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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    Attestation paper – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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