Military service
Service number:
R/104215
Age:
21
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
12 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
March 22, 1921
Inverness, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
July 7, 1941
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
September 30, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 1. Row A. Grave 21.
Additional information
Son of Isador and Fannie Feinstein, of Inverness, Nova Scotia. Brother of Private Nathan Feinstein who died on November 2, 1944 while serving with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Sam Feinstein
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Photo of Sam Feinstein
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Photo of Samuel Feinstein
Samuel Fienstein is honoured on page 22 of the memorial book,<br> CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties,<br> compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. <br> This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact:<p> The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives <br> 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada)<br> telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 <br> facsimile: 514-931-0548 <br> website: www.cjc.ca -
Cemetery
Bergen Cemetery (Photo used with permission of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands) -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Sam Feinstein is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Sam Feinstein is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
Grave Marker (Photo used with permission of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands) Wellington aircraft was lost over enemy-held territory killing two Canadian crew members, FS Feinstein and FS R. L. Wakelin, along with three non-Canadian crew. -
Grave marker
Grave marker from Sam Feinstein´s grave at Bergen General Cemetery, The Netherlands.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Sam Feinstein
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Sam Feinstein
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Sam Feinstein
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Sam Feinstein
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Sam Feinstein
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Sam Feinstein
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Sam Feinstein
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Sam Feinstein
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 72 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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