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One night in September 1942, Pilot Officer Loving was detailed for a low level attack on the submarine base building yard near Bremen. In a determined effort to locate and bomb the target, which was obscured by a heavy cloud, he descended to a height of only eight hundred feet. He was immediately engaged by searchlights and the ground defences. His aircraft was twice hit by anti-aircraft fire and Pilot Officer Loving was forced down to fifty feet to evade the fire attack. His gunner succeeded in extinguishing two searchlights and from this low altitude, in the glare of other searchlights, he released his bombs. Throughout, this officer has set a splendid example and his devotion to duty in the face of the heaviest opposition is worthy of the highest praise. 1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star with France and Germany Clasp, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45. Operational Wings posthumously awarded on 21 December 1945.
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Photo of Leslie Rowland Bond Loving
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Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flight Lieutenant Leslie Rowland Bond Loving is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flight Lieutenant Leslie Rowland Bond Loving is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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From the Regina Leader Post February 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Regina Leader Post September 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Leslie Rowland Bond Loving
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Flight Lieutenant Leslie Rowland Bond Loving
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Leslie Rowland Bond Loving
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Leslie Rowland Bond Loving
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Leslie Rowland Bond Loving
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Leslie Rowland Bond Loving
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Leslie Rowland Bond Loving
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Leslie Rowland Bond Loving
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Leslie Rowland Bond Loving
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 368 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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