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Military service
Service number:
R/149140
Rank:
Leading Aircraftman
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
413 Sqdn.
Death:
December 3, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
3. AB. 4.
Digital gallery of Leading Aircraftman Charles Stanley Bascom
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Photo of CHARLES STANLEY BASCOM
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Charles Stanley Bascom, was born May 12, 1920 in Stirling, Alberta, the son of former Utah lawman John W. Bascom and Ada Romeril Bascom. Charles joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, working as an airplane mechanic, stationed near Columbo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). He died on Dec. 3, 1944 having saved one airman's life from drowning but dying trying to save another. -
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Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Charles Stanley Bascom
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Charles Stanley Bascom
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Charles Stanley Bascom
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Charles Stanley Bascom
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Charles Stanley Bascom
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Charles Stanley Bascom
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Commemorated on:
Page 244 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY Sri Lanka
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