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Son of Samuel and Dana Silverstein, of Windsor, Ontario.
Commemorated on the St. Donat Memorial and RCAF Liberator III Memorial.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class I Jacob Silverstein
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Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Jacob Silverstein
This newspaper clipping appeared in a 1946 edition of "The Guardian" newspaper, Charlottetown, PEI. The airplane mentioned in the article was a Liberator aircraft # 3701 enroute from Gander, Newfoundland to Dorval, Quebec. It crashed and burned on the west side of a foothill of Black Mountain in Quebec. There is a Memorial Cairn on Black Mountain that was erected in memory of the twenty four gallant lads who lost their lives there.
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Jacob Silverstein
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Jacob Silverstein
A picture of the memorial plaque erected at the site of the crash that took the lives of 24 Canadians.
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Jacob Silverstein
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Jacob Silverstein
Jack Silverstein is honoured on page 71 of the memorial book,<br>
CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties,<br>
compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. <br>
This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact:<p>
The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives <br>
1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada)<br>
telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 <br>
facsimile: 514-931-0548 <br>
website: www.cjc.ca
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Jacob Silverstein
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Jacob Silverstein
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Jacob Silverstein
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Jacob Silverstein
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Jacob Silverstein
From the Toronto Star June 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Jacob Silverstein
From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Jacob Silverstein
From the Toronto Telegram September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Jacob Silverstein
Ottawa Memorial … In honoured memory of the men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth and Empire who gave their lives in Canada, in the United States of America and in neighbouring lands and seas and who have no known grave.
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Jacob Silverstein
Warrant Officer Class I Jacob Silverstein as commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial, Ottawa, ON
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This newspaper clipping appeared in a 1946 edition of "The Guardian" newspaper, Charlottetown, PEI. The airplane mentioned in the article was a Liberator aircraft # 3701 enroute from Gander, Newfoundland to Dorval, Quebec. It crashed and burned on the west side of a foothill of Black Mountain in Quebec. There is a Memorial Cairn on Black Mountain that was erected in memory of the twenty four gallant lads who lost their lives there.
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A picture of the memorial plaque erected at the site of the crash that took the lives of 24 Canadians.
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Jack Silverstein is honoured on page 71 of the memorial book,<br> CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties,<br> compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. <br> This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact:<p> The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives <br> 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada)<br> telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 <br> facsimile: 514-931-0548 <br> website: www.cjc.ca
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star June 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Ottawa Memorial … In honoured memory of the men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth and Empire who gave their lives in Canada, in the United States of America and in neighbouring lands and seas and who have no known grave.
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Warrant Officer Class I Jacob Silverstein as commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial, Ottawa, ON
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 213 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ST. DONAT ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY Quebec, Canada
The 24 Royal Canadian Air Force casualties were previously buried in the isolated grave site at nearby Black Mountain.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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