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Military service
Service number:
R/66161
Age:
19
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
78 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
August 17, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
20. F. 5.
Additional information
Son of Leonard and Tora Olsen, of St. Catharine's, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Gordon Leonard Olsen
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Memorial
Sergeant Gordon Leonard Olsen 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
Sergeant Gordon Leonard Olsen is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands<P> Whitley aircraft Z-6577 was one of three 78 Sqdn Whitleys lost on an operation to Cologne. See: Z6754; Z6823. The aircraft was airborne 2252 16 Aug 41 from Middleton St.George. Cause of loss not established. Crashed 0247 at Oh_ en Laak (Limburg), on the W bank of the Juliana Kanaal, 14 km SW of Roermond, Holland. all are buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery. Nineteen-year-old Sgt. Olsen is listed as Pilot as is 22-yr-old Sgt T.A.Sherman of the RCAF. Three members of the RAF were also killed. They were: F/S R.Jopling age 32; Sgt D.A.Wilson age 22; and Sgt D.F.Hawkes age 25. (Source: //lostbombers.co.uk) which went missing during bombing operations ovbr enemy territory. Six crew memberds, not Canadians, missing, believed killed. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1942. 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 -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the St Catharines Standard .c1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the St Catharines Standard .c1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Gordon Leonard Olsen
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Gordon Leonard Olsen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Gordon Leonard Olsen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Gordon Leonard Olsen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Gordon Leonard Olsen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Gordon Leonard Olsen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Gordon Leonard Olsen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Gordon Leonard Olsen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Gordon Leonard Olsen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Gordon Leonard Olsen
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