Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB

Memorial – Flying Officer Mark Leslie Abramson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB

Memorial – Flying Officer Mark Leslie Abramson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB

Newspaper Clipping – Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of MARK LESLIE ABRAMSON – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Memorial – A beautiful monument was installed in 2015 at the Jewish Community Cemetery on Bank Street, honouring those brave men of the Ottawa Jewish Community who fought and lost their lives in war. The three panel granite monument lists Ottawa community members who served and fell in the Great War, World War II, Israeli War of Independence and while on active duty with the Israeli Army.

Photo of Mark Abramson – Mark Abramson is honoured on page 5 of the memorial book, CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties, compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact: The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada) telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 facsimile: 514-931-0548 website: www.cjc.ca

Memorial – Photo of memorial stone erected near crash site. Courtesy of Air War Over Denmark www.flensted.eu.com Lancaster I ME726 of 576 (RAF) Sqn. took off at 22:08 from its base at Elsham Wolds on a Gardening (Mining) operation in Kiel Bay. The Lancaster was attacked by a German night fighter over Assens and crashed in the village of Gamtofte on the island of Fyn at 00:50 hours. It fell in the garden of the vicarage and one of the mines onboard exploded. The Wehrmacht buried the remains in Assens cemetery on 16/5 1944 at 23:00 hours without ecclesiastical assistance. The crew were F/Lt (P) Ernest J. Presland DFC, P/O (P) Albert E. Slade, Sgt (FE) Alan W. Knapp, F/O (N) Mark L. Abramson RCAF, F/O (AB) Charles Ashcroft, Sgt (W/Op) Benjamin J. Hudson, Sgt (AG) Robert E. Leatham and Sgt (AG) Arthur G. Wright DFM.

Newspaper clipping – From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me