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Military service
Service number:
C/157
Age:
31
Rank:
Wing Commander
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
426 Sqdn.
Death:
February 14, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
18. G. 2.
Digital gallery of Wing Commander Sedley Stewart Blanchard
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Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Wing Commander Sedley Stewart Blanchard is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Wing Commander Sedley Stewart Blanchard is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of SEDLEY STEWART BLANCHARD
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Jonkerbos War Cemetery
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands Buried here is the crew of Wellington X3420 who took off at 1806 14 Feb 43 from Dishforth. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 2100 between Heel and Beegden (Limburg). All were initially taken to Venlo for burial. They have been subsequently re-interred in Jonkerbos War Cemetery. Killed was PIlot W/C S.S.Blanchard. the Commander of 426 Sqdn. Also killed was 2nd Pilot Sgt K.W.Tutton; P/O P.W.Jeanneret; Sgt A.G.Longwell; F/S J.H.Eveline, and RAF Sgt P.M.Corley KIA (Source: www.lostbombers.co.uk) -
Photo of Sedley Stewart Blanchard
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Newspaper clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Gravemarker
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Newspaper clipping
From the Edmonton Bulletin February 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Plaque
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2075 W/C Sedley Stewart Blanchard (RMC 1929) He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force, 426 Sqdn He died on Feb 14, 1943 at 31 years of age. He was buried in the Jonkerbos War Cemetery in Njmegen, Netherlands 18 G 2. -
Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2075 W/C Sedley Stewart Blanchard (RMC 1929) He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force, 426 Sqdn He died on Feb 14, 1943 at 31 years of age. He was buried in the Jonkerbos War Cemetery in Njmegen, Netherlands 18 G 2. -
Stained Glass Window
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2075 W/C Sedley Stewart Blanchard (RMC 1929) He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force, 426 Sqdn He died on Feb 14, 1943 at 31 years of age. He was buried in the Jonkerbos War Cemetery in Njmegen, Netherlands 18 G 2. -
Plaque
Blanchard Hall the No 426 Thunderbird Squadron's theatre and conference room, where all presentations, promotions, awards and briefings take place is dedicated to the Memory of W/C Sedley S Blanchard 1911-1943 Commanding Officer 426 RCAF Squadron 15 October 1942014 Feb 1943 (KIA) -
Statue of Sedley Stewart Blanchard
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Sedley Stewart Blanchard
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Sedley Stewart Blanchard
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Sedley Stewart Blanchard
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Sedley Stewart Blanchard
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Sedley Stewart Blanchard
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Sedley Stewart Blanchard
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Sedley Stewart Blanchard
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Sedley Stewart Blanchard
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Sedley Stewart Blanchard
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 137 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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