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Military service
Service number:
J/17487
Age:
26
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
429 Sqdn.
Birth:
November 23, 1916
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
March 10, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 22, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
11. I. 8.
Additional information
Son of the Revd. Dr. P. W. Spence and Luella Cowling Spence, of Toronto, Ontario.
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Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands<P> Wellington HZ517 was airborne 2335 21Jun43 from East Moor on an operation over Krefeld. It was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 0138 5 km NW of Roermond. The crew are buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery. They are: P/O G.H.De Bussac; P/O M.B.Spence; F/O W.A.Follows; F/S G.D.Coe; Sgt D.E.Palmatier. (Source: //lostbombers.co.uk) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Malcolm Burgess Spence is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Malcolm Burgess Spence 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 -
Group Photo
L to R: P/O MB Spence, F/O WA Follows and P/O GH DeBussac -
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 -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Malcolm Burgess Spence
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Malcolm Burgess Spence
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Malcolm Burgess Spence
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Malcolm Burgess Spence
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Malcolm Burgess Spence
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Malcolm Burgess Spence
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Malcolm Burgess Spence
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Malcolm Burgess Spence
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Malcolm Burgess Spence
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 215 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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