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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Quentin Burl Chace

In memory of:

Leading Aircraftman Quentin Burl Chace

February 17, 1941
Cochrane, Alberta

Military Service


Service Number:

R/67694

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

3 SFTS, Calgary, Alberta (R.C.A.F.)

Citation(s):

War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal.

Additional Information


Born:

May 9, 1919
Wichita, Kansas

Enlistment:

August 29, 1940
Windsor, Ontario

Son of Ira S. and Bertha E. Chace, of Wichita, Kansas.

He served only in Canada for 173 days.

Commemorated on Page 26 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

AUGUSTA (ELMWOOD) CEMETERY
Kansas, United States of America

Grave Reference:

Space 2. Lot 35. Sixth Addition.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of Quentin Burl Chace– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Biography– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Grave Marker
  • Memorial– This memorial is dedicated as a pledge of everlasting friendship to the United States of America and to the gallant fighters from her every state who joined the British Commonwealth of Nations in the fight for democracy during the Second Great war in this valley two members of the Royal Canadian Air Force Sergeant Pilot Alfred Reginald Lafleche, Saskatchewan and his American comrade Leading Aircraftsman Quentin Burl Chace Wichita, Kansas were stayed by the hand of death February 17, 1941. This war memorial is located in Cochrane, Alberta.

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