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Flight Lieutenant Leslie Norman Laing

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Military service

Service number: J/26053
Age: 25
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 405 Pathfinder Squadron
Birth: September 25, 1919 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Enlistment: December 18, 1942 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Death: March 15, 1945 Bad Grund, Germany

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: 2. G. 13.
Additional information
Son of Frederick Stephen and Louisa (nee Smith) Laing, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Brother of John, Ruby and Gladys.
Additional citations

Mentioned in dispatches, award effective 13 June 1946 as per London Gazette of that date. 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 14 February 1947.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 532 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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