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Military service
Service number:
R/107124
Age:
21
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
No. 426 Thunderbird Squadron
Birth:
January 1, 1922
Death:
March 5, 1943
Essen, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 186.
Additional information
Son of George and Helga Walen, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
The government of Saskatchewan honoured Flight Sergeant Walen by naming Walen Lake, located north of Lapawekka Lake, in his memory.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant George Walen
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Newspaper clipping
From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: picture Me -
Photo of GEORGE WALEN
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of GEORGE WALEN
1940-1943 George Walen in uniform -
Photo of GEORGE WALEN
1940-1943 Makesky, Warren, Cressal, Emeno, Knolt, Walen & Vadebouneer -
Photo of GEORGE WALEN
1940-1943 Walen, Warren, Peterson -
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 Sergeant George Walen is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant George Walen is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Walen
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Walen
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Walen
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Walen
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Walen
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Walen
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Walen
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Walen
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Walen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 223 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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