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Military service
Service number:
J/8840
Age:
23
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
408 Goose Sqdn.
Birth:
May 24, 1920
Whitchurch-Stouffville, York Regional Municipality, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 10, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
February 20, 1944
Overseas, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IVa. C. 34.
Additional information
Son of Fred L. and Edna M. Winn, of Stouffville, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Elmer Stanley Winn
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Grave Marker
Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 & 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of ELMER STANLEY WINN
Flight Leutenant Elmer Stanley Winn Born May 24, 1920 Died February 22, 1944 Age 23 Father was Frederic Lewis Winn Mother was Edna Maud Curtis, Stouffville, Ontario -
Photo of ELMER STANLEY WINN
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Document
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and 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 Elmer Stanley Winn is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant Elmer Stanley Winn is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Identification
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Photo of ELMER STANLEY WINN
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Correspondence
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Document
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Letter of recommendation
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Service Book
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial Plaque
This outdoor plaque is located at the “Old Vic” building, part of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. The decorative motif at the top shows the Victoria University crest, with motto in Latin: “ABEUNT STUDIA IN MORES”. The plaque is inscribed: “THEY WERE VALIANT IN LIFE TRIUMPHANT IN DEATH. ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE STUDENTS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1939-1945. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND DEDICATED OCTOBER 13TH, 1953”. There are 79 names inscribed in bas relief. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University of Toronto. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram February 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Elmer Stanley Winn
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Elmer Stanley Winn
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Elmer Stanley Winn
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Elmer Stanley Winn
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Elmer Stanley Winn
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Elmer Stanley Winn
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Elmer Stanley Winn
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Elmer Stanley Winn
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Elmer Stanley Winn
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 481 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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