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Son of Clarence Ira and Florence Louise Holden, of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Husband of Margaret Estelle Holden, of Moose Jaw.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Ernest Leslie Holden
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Ernest Leslie Holden
My father - 1942
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Ernest Leslie Holden
caption on back of photo: back row from left - Bagnell, Henderson, Jim Larkin, Stubbs; front row from left - John Liddell, Les Holden, Jack Burkitt, Tom Robson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Ernest Leslie Holden
With permission from http://home.no.net/thsord/ Aircraft Crash Research in Southern Norway, by Thomas Sordalen<P>
Halifax JP330 #58 Sqdn was on an anti-shipping, anti-submarine mission out of Stornoway on April 25, 1945. The bomber is believed to have been attacked by german fighters in the Skagerrak, and lost without a trace.
Details received from F/Lt. Holden's son, Paul Holden.
RCAF Crew were:
Bur. Churchyard at Mandal, Norway
F/L (P) Ernest Leslie Holden age 22
F/L (2ndP) John Alan Burkitt age 26
Commemorasted n Runnymede Memorial to the Missing:
F/L (N) Thomas Claude Robson age 26
F/O (AG) James Meyrick Larkin age 30
F/O (AG) ohn Raymond Liddell age 20
F/Sgt. (AG) Alan Francis Juby age 19
F/Sgt. (BA) Kenneth George William Henderson age 19
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Ernest Leslie Holden
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Ernest Leslie Holden
Ernest, Margaret, Robert and Paul
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Ernest Leslie Holden
Sons Paul and Grant holding photo of dad Ernest, day they foud out he passed away.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Ernest Leslie Holden
Wedding Photo Maragret and Ernest
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Ernest Leslie Holden
Saying goodbye before leaving for war.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Ernest Leslie Holden
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Ernest Leslie Holden
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Image gallery
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My father - 1942
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caption on back of photo: back row from left - Bagnell, Henderson, Jim Larkin, Stubbs; front row from left - John Liddell, Les Holden, Jack Burkitt, Tom Robson
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With permission from http://home.no.net/thsord/ Aircraft Crash Research in Southern Norway, by Thomas Sordalen<P> Halifax JP330 #58 Sqdn was on an anti-shipping, anti-submarine mission out of Stornoway on April 25, 1945. The bomber is believed to have been attacked by german fighters in the Skagerrak, and lost without a trace. Details received from F/Lt. Holden's son, Paul Holden. RCAF Crew were: Bur. Churchyard at Mandal, Norway F/L (P) Ernest Leslie Holden age 22 F/L (2ndP) John Alan Burkitt age 26 Commemorasted n Runnymede Memorial to the Missing: F/L (N) Thomas Claude Robson age 26 F/O (AG) James Meyrick Larkin age 30 F/O (AG) ohn Raymond Liddell age 20 F/Sgt. (AG) Alan Francis Juby age 19 F/Sgt. (BA) Kenneth George William Henderson age 19
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Ernest, Margaret, Robert and Paul
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Sons Paul and Grant holding photo of dad Ernest, day they foud out he passed away.
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Wedding Photo Maragret and Ernest
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Saying goodbye before leaving for war.
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 525 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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