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Military service
Service number:
R/85993
Age:
25
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
103 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
August 26, 1917
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
December 28, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 25, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Mil. Row. Grave 2.
Additional information
Son of Frederick James Molesworth and Lillian Molesworth, of Lansing, Ontario.
Brother of Private George Clifford Molesworth who died on January 16, 1945 while serving with the South Saskatchewan Regiment.
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Photo of James Molesworth
Jim Molesworth, taken by Shirley Martindale, friend of family. -
Photo of JAMES MOLESWORTH
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flight Sergeant James Molesworth is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flight Sergeant James Molesworth is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Molesworth
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Molesworth
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Molesworth
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Molesworth
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Molesworth
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Molesworth
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Molesworth
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant James Molesworth
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 100 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MOULIN-SOUS-TOUVENT COMMUNAL, CEMETERY Oise, France
Moulin-sous-Touvent is a village and commune 66 kilometres east of Beauvais, and 18 kilometres north-east of Compiegne. The cemetery is located a short distance along a local road to the east. The Commonwealth war graves of 7 airmen, 5 belonging to the Royal Air Force, 1 to the Royal Canadian Air Force and one to the Royal Australian Air Force, are to the left of the centre path, not far from the entrance.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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