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Military service
Service number:
J/87256
Age:
27
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
21 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
February 26, 1917
Beauharnois, Québec
Enlistment:
March 14, 1941
Montreal, Québec
Death:
August 24, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
F. 116.
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Leduc, Marie Joseph Claude Hamel P/O (WAG) J87256. From Beauharnois, Quebec. Killed in action August 24, 1944 age 22. No 21 Squadron (Viribus Vincimus). Wellington aircraft crashed. Pilot Officer Wireless Operator Air Gunner Leduc is buried in the Maala Cemetery, Aden. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial Service
Leduc, Marie Joseph Claude Hamel P/O (WAG) J87256. From Beauharnois, Quebec. Killed in action August 24, 1944 age 22. No 21 Squadron (Viribus Vincimus). Wellington aircraft crashed. Pilot Officer Wireless Operator Air Gunner Leduc is buried in the Maala Cemetery, Aden.<P> Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial Service
Leduc, Marie Joseph Claude Hamel P/O (WAG) J87256. From Beauharnois, Quebec. Killed in action August 24, 1944 age 22. No 21 Squadron (Viribus Vincimus). Wellington aircraft crashed. Pilot Officer Wireless Operator Air Gunner Leduc is buried in the Maala Cemetery, Aden. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial Service
Leduc, Marie Joseph Claude Hamel P/O (WAG) J87256. From Beauharnois, Quebec. Killed in action August 24, 1944 age 22. No 21 Squadron (Viribus Vincimus). Wellington aircraft crashed. Pilot Officer Wireless Operator Air Gunner Leduc is buried in the Maala Cemetery, Aden. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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Leduc, Marie Joseph Claude Hamel P/O (WAG) J87256. From Beauharnois, Quebec. Killed in action August 24, 1944 age 22. No 21 Squadron (Viribus Vincimus). Wellington aircraft crashed. Pilot Officer Wireless Operator Air Gunner Leduc is buried in the Maala Cemetery, Aden. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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Memorial
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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Pilot Officer Marie Joseph Claude Hamel Leduc is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Pilot Officer Marie Joseph Claude Hamel Leduc is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Marie Joseph Claude Hamel Leduc
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Marie Joseph Claude Hamel Leduc
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Marie Joseph Claude Hamel Leduc
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Marie Joseph Claude Hamel Leduc
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Marie Joseph Claude Hamel Leduc
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Marie Joseph Claude Hamel Leduc
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 362 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MAALA CEMETERY Yemen
Maala lies in the Aden Peninsula on the Southern side of Aden Harbour, halfway between the Steamer Point and Crater on the main road south of Khromasksar Airport. The MAALA CEMETERY is located south of the main road to Crater.
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