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Son of Frank Daniel Boomer and Nettie Alice Boomer (nee Masler) of Ottawa, Ontario.
Husband of Jean Millar Boomer of Ottawa, Ontario.
Air Medal (United States) - Alaska - Award effective 23 December 1942 as per AFRO 272/43 dated 19 February 1943.
Digital gallery of Squadron Leader Kenneth Arthur Boomer
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Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Kenneth Arthur Boomer
Squadron Leader K.A Boomer
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Kenneth Arthur Boomer
From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Kenneth Arthur Boomer
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Kenneth Arthur Boomer
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Kenneth Arthur Boomer
Aleutian Campaign
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Kenneth Arthur Boomer
21 December 1942 Squadron Leader Ken Boomer, D.F.C., A.A.M. of Ottawa, who was the first pilot of the Royal Canadian Air Force to shoot down a Japanese plane in defense of North America. For this feat he received the Distinguished Flying Cross from Canada and the United States Army Air Medal from the United States Government which decorations he is wearing in the above picture, He also fought in Britain before battling the Japanese in the Aleutians
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Kenneth Arthur Boomer
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Kenneth Arthur Boomer
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Kenneth Arthur Boomer
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Kenneth Arthur Boomer
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Kenneth Arthur Boomer
From the Toronto Star December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Kenneth Arthur Boomer
From the Toronto Star July 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Kenneth Arthur Boomer
From the Toronto Telegram September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Kenneth Arthur Boomer
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Times Globe c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Squadron Leader K.A Boomer
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From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Aleutian Campaign
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21 December 1942 Squadron Leader Ken Boomer, D.F.C., A.A.M. of Ottawa, who was the first pilot of the Royal Canadian Air Force to shoot down a Japanese plane in defense of North America. For this feat he received the Distinguished Flying Cross from Canada and the United States Army Air Medal from the United States Government which decorations he is wearing in the above picture, He also fought in Britain before battling the Japanese in the Aleutians
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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 the Toronto Star December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star July 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Times Globe c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 253 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
Choloy is a village and commune in the Department of the Meurthe-et-Moselle, 28 kilometres west of Nancy and some 5 kilometres west of Toul, a town on the N4 road from Paris to Nancy. The village is south of the River Moselle on the minor road (D11B) from Toul to the neighbouring village of Foug. The CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY is 3 kilometres west of Toul on the north side of the D11B road.
The Choloy War Cemetery is the last resting place of casualties from the First and Second World Wars and is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is also the final resting place for many Royal Canadian Air Force members and their families who died while serving in Europe as part of 1 Air Division between 1953 and 1967 and other Service Members serving with NATO in Germany following Canada's departure from France.
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