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Military service
Service number:
J/35865
Age:
21
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
166 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
November 16, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 11. A. 22-24.
Additional information
Son of Thomas H. Coles and Margaret Jean Coles, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Edward Thomas Coles
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Newspaper Clipping
Source: Globe and Mail December 28, 1944 -
Photo of Edward Thomas Coles
Ted our Skipper - Dang good Pilot -
Group Photo
Pilot; Ted Coles, Bomb Aimer; Ralph Carrol, Navigator; Ken Farrow, Tail Gunner; Eb Leaman, Wireless Operator; Ralph Schnaufer, Mid Upper Gunner Neil Smith, Flight Engineer; David Orme is missing from this photo -
Photo of Edward Ted Coles
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Original Grave Markers
Common graves at crash site. Photo taken by Neil Smith's brother, Harry, 17 Dec 1945. -
Entrance to the Cemetery
Entrance, Rheinberg cemetery. -
Grave Markers
Markers for three common graves, Rheinberg cemetery. -
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 -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Edward Thomas Coles is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Edward Thomas Coles is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Edward Thomas Coles
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Edward Thomas Coles
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Photo of Edward Thomas Coles
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Photo of Edward Thomas Coles
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Photo of Edward Thomas Coles
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Thomas Coles
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Thomas Coles
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Thomas Coles
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Thomas Coles
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Thomas Coles
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Thomas Coles
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Thomas Coles
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Thomas Coles
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Thomas Coles
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 276 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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