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Military service
Service number:
R/100196
Age:
28
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
51 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
February 2, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
April 7, 1941
Flin Flon, Manitoba
Death:
May 1, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
21. F. 14.
Additional information
Son of the late Robert John Spencer and Margaret Eva (née Lewis ) Spencer of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of remarried widow, Mrs. Hazel winnifred (née Ross) Lacharite Ward of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Father of Saralee Margaret Spender and brother of John Lewis, Robert John, George O. and Adam.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Operational Wings posthumously awarded 17 July 1946.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Hugh Phair Spencer
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of HUGH PHAIR SPENCER
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Hugh Phair Spencer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Hugh Phair Spencer 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 -
Photo of Hugh Phair Spencer
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Hugh Phair Spencer
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Hugh Phair Spencer
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Hugh Phair Spencer
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Hugh Phair Spencer
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Hugh Phair Spencer
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Hugh Phair Spencer
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Hugh Phair Spencer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 215 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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