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Military service
Service number:
J/18718
Age:
28
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
406 Sqdn.
Death:
December 11, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 246.
Additional information
Son of James and Mary Elizabeth Lawless, of Kingston, Ontario; husband of Ethel Lawless.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer James Francis Lawless
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Memorial Entrance
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Peter Reid and James Lawless
James Lawless (Pilot) and Peter Reid (Navigator), both RCAF 406 SQDN, were lost on operations the night of December 11, 1944. They had been together as pilot and navigator for quite some time, flying both Mosquitoes and Beaufighters. <P> Peter Reid is on the left and James Lawless is on the right. -
Photo of James Francis Lawless
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Service Book
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Correspondence
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Correspondence
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Correspondence
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Correspondence
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Kingston Whig-Standard. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Francis Lawless
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Francis Lawless
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Francis Lawless
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Francis Lawless
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Francis Lawless
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Francis Lawless
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Francis Lawless
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Francis Lawless
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Francis Lawless
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 361 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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