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Military service
Service number:
R/159132
Age:
30
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class I
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
1659 Heavy Conversion Unit
Birth:
November 26, 1914
Death:
April 8, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 281.
Additional information
Son of Charles Napoléon and Amelia (Montpetit) Potvin, of Edmonton, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class I Joseph Adrien Leo Potvin
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Photo of Joseph Adrien Léo Potvin
Léo volunteered to serve in the Air Force after intensive studies to complete his school education which had been interrupted at the age of 15 to help support his family. He worked for 12 years as a bell-boy at the Macdonald Hotel in Edmonton, where he was well regarded. During this time, he had become close friends with the famous aviator, Captain Wilfred 'Wop' May, OBE. <br> Léo loved sports and distinguished himself in skating and hockey. <br> He left behind his parents and 15 brothers and sisters. Seven of his siblings served in the Canadian Armed Forces and two others served with the auxiliary forces. -
Photo 2 of Joseph Adrien Léo Potvin
This photo of Léo was taken in 1935. -
Wedding picture
Wedding picture - Charles Potvin and Amélia Montpetit - Léo Potvin's Mom and Dad, photo c. 1910. -
Family photo
The Potvin's are coming for supper - lined up by age, photo c. 1935. -
Family Portrait
Potvin family Portrait, c. 1935. -
The Potvin Family
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LV 935
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Photo of JOSEPH ADRIEN LEO POTVIN
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JOSEPH ADRIEN LEO POTVIN
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Id Card
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … 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 -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class I Joseph Adrien Leo Potvin is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class I Joseph Adrien Leo Potvin is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Joseph Adrien Leo Potvin
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Joseph Adrien Leo Potvin
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Joseph Adrien Leo Potvin
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Joseph Adrien Leo Potvin
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Joseph Adrien Leo Potvin
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Joseph Adrien Leo Potvin
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Joseph Adrien Leo Potvin
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Joseph Adrien Leo Potvin
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Joseph Adrien Leo Potvin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 555 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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