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Military service
Service number:
J/15310
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
407 Sqdn.
Death:
April 18, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
7. J. 8.
Additional information
Son of Francis R. and Jayne Kathryn Girardot, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Edmond David Girardot
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Group Photo
Edmund David Girardot (2nd from right) with flight crew. 1941. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands P/O Girardot was pilot of Hudson aircraft AM 878 which was lost in the North Sea while on an anti-shipping operation off the Dutch coast. The bodies of F.Sgts E. G. Alexander and D. S. Kennedy were not recovered. Along with P/O Girardot, two other bodies were recovered and are buried in separate cemeteries in Holland. They are P/O R.A.C.Draper and F.Sgt. B. W. Weaver. (Source: "They Shall Grow Not Old", published by the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Edmond David Girardot
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Edmond David Girardot
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Edmond David Girardot
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Edmond David Girardot
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Edmond David Girardot
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Edmond David Girardot
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