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Edward Fanahan Sheehan

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Edward Fanahan Sheehan

April 28, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

R/172051

Age:

29

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

51 (R.A.F.) Squadron (Swift and Sure)

Additional Information


Born:

November 26, 1914
Fermoy, Ireland

Enlistment:

June 13, 1942
Vancouver, British Columbia

Son of James Sheehan and of Mary Sheehan (nee Hearne). Husband of Mary Sheehan, of Hillingdon, Middlesex.

Commemorated on Page 441 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:

5. F. 23.

Location:

HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY is located 30 km from Brussels and 3 km south of Leuven. Turn left out of Leuven railway station onto the Tiensevest(ring road R 23). Follow the Tiensevest through the junctions Tiensepoort and Parkpoort and along the Naamsepoort. Turn left at the Naamsepoort onto the Naamsesteenweg (N251) signposted Namen, Waver & Heverlee. Continue until you cross the railway line at Heverlee and take the first left turn into the Hertogstraat. Follow Hertogstraat to the end and turn right at the Sport Hall onto the Kerpelstraat. Continue down the Kerpelstraat until you come to a crossroads at which the HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY is located.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of EDWARD FANAHAN SHEEHAN– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of EDWARD FANAHAN SHEEHAN– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.December 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.December 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Edward Fanahan Sheehan is 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
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Edward Fanahan Sheehan is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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