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Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Leslie Asa McCrea
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On June 3, 1944, five men were killed and two survived this plane crash. The five men that lost their lives were Pilot Officer Norman Johnston, Squadron Leader George Edwin Coldrey, Pilot Officer Leslie Asa Mccrea, Pilot Officer Joseph Gerard Maurice Renaud and Pilot Officer David Austin Kelley.
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Photograph of Pilot Officer Leslie A. McCrea, one of the crew members on board the Lancaster LQ-C ND 507 that crashed at Boissèrie Ecole on 3 June 1944.
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News article from Echo républiacin telling of the unveiling and dedication of a monument erected to commemorate the crew of the Lancaster LQ- C, ND 507 plane that crashed at Boissèrie Ecole on 3 June 1944.
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Unveiling ceremony of the memorial to the crew of Lancaster ND507 LQ-C from 405 RCAF Pathfinder Squadron on June 3rd, 2006 at La Boissiere-Ecole, France (62nd anniversary of the crash)
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Pilot Officer Leslie Asa McCrea is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Leslie Asa McCrea is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … 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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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.February 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 383 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
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