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Military service
Service number:
J/89726
Age:
22
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
207 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
July 18, 1921
Alameda, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
September 8, 1942
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
February 20, 1944
Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
26. G. 10.
Additional information
Son of Edward Fishley and Mary Louise (nee Gotto) Linton of Douglaston, Saskatchewan. Spouse of Velma Emeline (nee Woods) Linton of Tisdale, Alberta.
Brother of David, Mary, Edith and Helen.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 30 November 1946.
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Grave marker
Becklingen War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Leonard Thomas Linton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Leonard Thomas Linton 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 -
Document
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Identification
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Attestation paper
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Correspondence
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Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post April 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post December 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leonard Thomas Linton
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leonard Thomas Linton
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leonard Thomas Linton
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leonard Thomas Linton
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leonard Thomas Linton
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leonard Thomas Linton
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leonard Thomas Linton
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leonard Thomas Linton
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leonard Thomas Linton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 366 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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