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Military service
Service number:
J/29521
Age:
31
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
166 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
August 27, 1944
Aastruplund, Denmark
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. 9. Coll. grave 14.
Additional information
Son of Sidney and Marie Constance Russell, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer James Balfour Russell
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Cemetery
Excerpt of story and photos from www. flensted.eu.com Airwar Over Denmark. Used with permission. Lancaster III LM694 in 166 (RAF) Squadron was on Gardening (Mining) mission to Danzig Bay. crashed Aastruplund 27/8 1944. When flying over the Jylland peninsula on the return flight LM694 was attacked by a German night fighter and crashed at 03:30 hours at Aastruplund northwest of Horsens with the loss of all onboard.<P> The wreckage was spread over an area of 1000 x 500 metres. The remains of the crew were found in the general area. German soldiers from the Wehrmacht barracks in Brædstrup arrived under command of Hauptfeldwebel Hein and sealed off the area in search for survivors The Canadian crew members were: F/O Russell, F/S Jacob Schafer, and F/S John E. Fitzgerald. -
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Memorial
Cross made of aircraft remains commemorates crashsite. Photo courtesy of www.flensted.eu.com -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer James Balfour Russell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer James Balfour Russell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
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Photo of JAMES BALFOUR RUSSELL
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Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Balfour Russell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Balfour Russell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Balfour Russell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Balfour Russell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Balfour Russell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Balfour Russell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Balfour Russell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Balfour Russell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Balfour Russell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 434 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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