Military service
Burial/memorial 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
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce
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
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce
Grave marker photo courtesy of Des Philippet (find-a-grave)
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce
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]
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Image gallery
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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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
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Grave marker photo courtesy of Des Philippet (find-a-grave)
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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]
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Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flying Officer Samuel Henry James Pearce is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 413 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY Belgium
LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY is located 58 Km north east of Leuven. From Leopoldsburg railway station turn right along the Nicolaylaan to the 'T' junction and turn left onto the Koninklijkstraat. Continue 300 M and turn right at the Koning Albert I Plein. 100 M after this turn left at the 'T' Junction and right at the next 'T' junction. Go a further 300 M to the end of the road and turn left into the Militair Domein. The cemetery is sited 200 M along on the right.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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