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Military service
Service number:
J/3520
Age:
24
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
414 Sqdn.
Death:
November 3, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
33. F. 10.
Additional information
Son of Leonard Henry and Jessica Horncastle, of Edmonton, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Clifford Leonard Horncastle
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Cliff Horncastle
Cliff Horncastle relating the story to the Chaps.<P> Cliff was to be my father's best man on November 7, 1942, however, he crashed on takeoff on November 3 and died in the wreckage. I was born the following year and am named for him - my middle name is Clifford. -
Photo of Clifford Horncastle
Picture of Clifford Horncastle with friend, Flt/Lt Fred Clarke. -
Photo of Clifford Horncastle
Cliff in Cockpit. -
Grave Marker
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Photo of Clifford Horncastle
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Photo of CLIFFORD LEONARD HORNCASTLE
8 May 1942 414 Sqn, R.C.A.F. Army Co-operation squadron overseas Twenty-three year old F/0 C. L. Horncastle, of Edmonton, pilot in an R.C.A.F. Army Co-operation squadron in Britain. He joined the Air Force straight from High School. -
Photo of CLIFFORD LEONARD HORNCASTLE
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Birth Certificate
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Temporary grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of CLIFFORD LEONARD HORNCASTLE
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Edmonton Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
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