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Military service
Service number:
86759
Age:
22
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
12 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
December 14, 1921
Biggar, Scotland
Enlistment:
November 10, 1941
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
February 20, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
British Plot 1. Grave 50.
Additional information
Son of Walter and Mary May of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer James May
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Memorial
Pilot Officer James May is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer James May 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 -
Photo of James May
WO James May J/86759 Mid Upper Gunner Lancaster JB609 PH-f 12 Squadron RAF -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post March 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James May
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James May
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James May
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James May
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James May
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James May
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James May
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James May
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James May
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 381 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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