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Military service
Service number:
J/27505
Age:
28
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
434 Sqdn.
Death:
December 18, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. B. 18.
Additional information
Son of Frank Harold and Margaret Wilson Pearce, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; husband of Mary Elizabeth A. Pearce, of Red Deer, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce
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Photo of SAMUEL HENRY JAMES PEARCE
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Photo of Samuel Pearce
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Group Photo
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Letter
RCAF letter to parent re recollection of P/O (WAG) Herbert Brown of Alberta, the only crew member who was able to bail out of the aircraft. Final investigation showed that a collision of Halifaxes resulted in this loss. Additional information and photos about crashes are available on the following website: http://www.rcaf434squadron.com/crash-sites-memorials/crash-sites-failed-to-return/12642860 -
Grave marker
Grave marker photo courtesy of Des Philippet (find-a-grave) -
Essay
Details of the crew's last operation which was a daylight raid over Duisburg, Germany. On the 15 Apr 1944, F/O Pearce and one other airmen survived the crash of Halifax (#EB203) while returning from an evening cross-country training exercise. The pilot, F/O Donaldson Rendal Holloway, was killed along with five other crewmen and three civilians. [researcher GEChase] -
Memorial
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce is 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 SAMUEL HENRY JAMES PEARCE
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Service Book
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Correspondence
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Photo of SAMUEL HENRY JAMES PEARCE
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 413 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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