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Joseph Edmund Leaman

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Joseph Edmund Leaman

November 16, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

R/201700

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

166 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Commemorated on Page 361 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

VII. A. 9.

Location:

HOTTON WAR CEMETERY is located 58 km south east of Namur. From Namur the N4 leads onto the town of Marche-en-Famenne. From Marche-en-Famenne, the N86 leads towards Hotton. On reaching Hotton, the cemetery is located 500 metres on the N86 towards Menil.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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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– Flight Sergeant Joseph Edmund Leaman is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Joseph Edmund Leaman is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Id card– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Joseph Edmund Leaman– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Joseph Edmund Leaman– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Joseph Edmund Leaman– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Frederiction War Memorial
  • Inscription
  • Group Photo– Pilot; Ted Coles, Bomb Aimer; Ralph Carrol, Navigator; Ken Farrow, Tail Gunner; Eb Leaman, Wireless Operator; Ralph Schnaufer, Mid Upper Gunner Neil Smith,
Flight Engineer;  David Orme is missing from this photo
  • Original Grave Markers– Common graves at crash site, Duren, Germany. Photo taken by Neil Smith's brother, Harry, 17 Dec 1945.
  • Entrance– Entrance to Rheinberg cemetery.
  • Grave Markers– Markers for the three Common graves, Rheinberg Cemetery.
  • Photo of Joseph Edmund Leaman– Eb Leaman, Tail gunner

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