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Leslie Edwin Blight

In memory of:

Flight Lieutenant Leslie Edwin Blight

May 30, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

J/3989

Age:

24

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

432 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Born:

July 27, 1918
Ridgetown, Ontario

Enlistment:

July 2, 1940
Toronto, Ontario

Son of Alfred S. and Alice M. Blight, of Jarvis, Ontario. Phm.B. (University of Toronto).

Commemorated on Page 137 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

RIPON CEMETERY
Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Sec. H. Grave 398.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of Leslie Edwin Blight– from archives
  • 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 Lieutenant Leslie Edwin Blight is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Lieutenant Leslie Edwin Blight is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of LESLIE EDWIN BLIGHT– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of LESLIE EDWIN BLIGHT– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of LESLIE EDWIN BLIGHT– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker

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