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Military service
Service number:
J/15980
Age:
26
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
156 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
February 25, 1916
Chatham, Ontario
Enlistment:
February 10, 1941
London, Ontario
Death:
August 12, 1942
Tildonk, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 2.
Additional information
Son of James Albert and Mabel Annie (nee Brown) Lenover, of Chatham, Ontario; husband of June Rita (nee Bechard) Lenover, of Chatham, Ontario. Brother of Jack.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45. Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 3 March 1943.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Charles Stephen Lenover
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Grave marker
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Document
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Attestation paper
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Certificate of Death
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Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
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Letter
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Photo of Charles Lenover
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Photo of Charles Lenover
From the book; …and they never came back. The story of the C. V. S (Chatham Vocational School) students who fought and died in World War 11. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me, with the permission of the author Peter N. Stanojevic. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Charles Stephen Lenover is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Charles Stephen Lenover 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
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Charles Stephen Lenover
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Charles Stephen Lenover
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Charles Stephen Lenover
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Charles Stephen Lenover
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Charles Stephen Lenover
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Charles Stephen Lenover
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Charles Stephen Lenover
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Charles Stephen Lenover
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Charles Stephen Lenover
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 90 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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