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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
J/18414
Age:
31
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant Air Gunner
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
405 Sqdn.
Death:
April 10, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
5. F. 37.
Additional information
Son of Andrew and Inga Glen Mellstrom. Husband of Irma Janet Mellstrom, of Calgary, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Air Gunner Melborn Leslie Mellstrom
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Memorial Cairn
Memorial Cairn commemorating Flight Lieutenant L M Mellstrom of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Mellstom Lake was named after him and it was dedicated to him on September 22, 2004.<P> The name of this lake was bestowed by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (now the Geographical Names Board of Canada). The Memorial Cairns Project was conducted by the Airman's Memorial Cairns Committee, Royal Canadian Legion, McGrane Branch No 28, Lac La Biche, Alberta. -
Photo of Melborn Mellstrom
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Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of MELBORN LESLIE MELLSTROM
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Calgary Herald. 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
Flight Lieutenant Air Gunner Melborn Leslie Mellstrom is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant Air Gunner Melborn Leslie Mellstrom is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Red Deer Advocate. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Air Gunner Melborn Leslie Mellstrom
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Air Gunner Melborn Leslie Mellstrom
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Air Gunner Melborn Leslie Mellstrom
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Air Gunner Melborn Leslie Mellstrom
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Air Gunner Melborn Leslie Mellstrom
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Air Gunner Melborn Leslie Mellstrom
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Air Gunner Melborn Leslie Mellstrom
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Air Gunner Melborn Leslie Mellstrom
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Air Gunner Melborn Leslie Mellstrom
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 545 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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