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Son of Robert Scott Watson, M.C., and Mary Kathleen Watson of Hamilton, Ontario.
Lancaster of 622 Squadron commanded by Flight Lieutenant J. Watson.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant James Andrew Watson
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Grave marker
Grave of F/L (Pilot) James Andrew WATSON, Mentioned in despatches, Grave: 1A.B.23, Choloy War Cemetery, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. For information about the crash of Lancaster ND 781, please see Veterans Affairs Canada website at this link: http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/those-who-served/diaries-letters-stories/second-world-war/watson -
Group Photo
F/O J A Watson, 2nd from right. -
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 James Andrew Watson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant James Andrew Watson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of JAMES ANDREW WATSON
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Correspondence
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Photo of JAMES ANDREW WATSON
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Correspondence
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Correspondence
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Document
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Service Book
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant James Andrew Watson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant James Andrew Watson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant James Andrew Watson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant James Andrew Watson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant James Andrew Watson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant James Andrew Watson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant James Andrew Watson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant James Andrew Watson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant James Andrew Watson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 472 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
Choloy is a village and commune in the Department of the Meurthe-et-Moselle, 28 kilometres west of Nancy and some 5 kilometres west of Toul, a town on the N4 road from Paris to Nancy. The village is south of the River Moselle on the minor road (D11B) from Toul to the neighbouring village of Foug. The CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY is 3 kilometres west of Toul on the north side of the D11B road.
The Choloy War Cemetery is the last resting place of casualties from the First and Second World Wars and is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is also the final resting place for many Royal Canadian Air Force members and their families who died while serving in Europe as part of 1 Air Division between 1953 and 1967 and other Service Members serving with NATO in Germany following Canada's departure from France.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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