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Military service
Service number:
J/19862
Age:
28
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
115 Sqdn.
Birth:
December 9, 1915
Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 16, 1941
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
March 24, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Special Memorial 4.
Additional information
Son of Daniel and Hannah McCann (1952 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother) of Ottawa, Ontario.
Brother of Daniel McCann who also served with the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Leonard Myles McCann
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Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Leonard Myles McCann is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Leonard Myles McCann is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Mrs Hannah McCann Silver Cross Mother 1952. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Leonard's brothers wedding. Daniel McCann died in 1948 from a blood disorder he contacted while serving in the Middle East. Their mother was the National Silver Cross Mother. Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Hannah McCann was the 1952 Silver Cross Mother. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Hannah McCann was the 1952 Silver Cross Mother. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leonard Myles McCann
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leonard Myles McCann
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leonard Myles McCann
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leonard Myles McCann
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leonard Myles McCann
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leonard Myles McCann
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leonard Myles McCann
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leonard Myles McCann
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leonard Myles McCann
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 382 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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