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Military service
Service number:
J/10289
Age:
25
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
412 Sqdn.
Birth:
December 16, 1917
Montreal, Québec
Enlistment:
April 28, 1941
Montreal, Québec
Death:
May 7, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 46. Row 7. Grave 14.
Additional information
Son of Leslie B. Jones and Muriel B. Jones, of Montreal, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Leslie Warwick Jones
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Crash site
My father, Hubert William Harding recovered the wreckage of Flying Officer Jones' aircraft during his work in RAF "recovery" in North West France during World War 2. He was told by villagers that officer Jones' Spitfire had been shot down and would have crashed into a local school had he not deliberately crashed into nearby cliff face. They gave these photos and information to be passed on to his family so the truth of his heroic act could be recognized. -
Photo of Hubert William Harding
My father/grandfather, Hubert William Harding who worked as part of a "recovery crew" for the RAF in North West France. He recovered the wreckage of Flying Officer Jones' Spitfire and was given these photos and told his heroic tale so it could be passed on to his family and any surviving relatives. -
Photo of Leslie Warwick Jones
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Leslie Warwick Jones
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leslie Warwick Jones
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leslie Warwick Jones
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leslie Warwick Jones
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leslie Warwick Jones
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 175 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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