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Flying Officer James Hamilton Ballantyne

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Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM)

Military service

Service number: J/16085
Age: 25
Rank: Flying Officer
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 403 Sqdn.
Death: March 8, 1944

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ST. ANDRE-DE-L'EURE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Grave reference: Grave 6.
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Flying Officer Ballantyne enlisted in December 1940, and went overseas in September 1941. F/O Ballantyne was an ace, credited with destroying nine and one quarter enemy aircraft. F/O Ballantyne flew with No 229 and 603 Squadrons in Malta and was awarded the D.F.M. for destroying so many aircraft. He was shot down twice by ME-109's, both times landing in the sea and being rescued by the air-sea rescue crews. He flew Mustangs, Typhoons, Hurricanes and Spitfires.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 242 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ST. ANDRE-DE-L'EURE COMMUNAL CEMETERY Eure, France

St. Andre-de-L'Eure is a small town 16 kilometres south-south-east of the town of Evreux. The cemetery is on the north-eastern side of the town, on the D.122 road to Foucrainville.

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