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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

James May

In memory of:

Pilot Officer James May

February 20, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

86759

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

12 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Born:

December 14, 1921
Biggar, Scotland

Enlistment:

November 10, 1941
Regina, Saskatchewan

Son of Walter and Mary May of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 381 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

HARDERWIJK GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

British Plot 1. Grave 50.

Location:

Harderwijk, on the shore of the Ijsselmeer (Zuider Zee), is 42 kilometres north-east of Utrecht and 45 kilometres north-west of Apeldoorn, just off the main Amersfoort-Zwolle road. The HARDERWIJK GENERAL CEMETERY is nearly 1 kilometre east of the centre of the town, south of the main Amersfoort-Zwolle road. The war graves are in the south-eastern part of the cemetery in two plots.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Leader Post March 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Regina Leader Post March 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Leader Post October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Regina Leader Post October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of James May– WO James May J/86759 Mid Upper Gunner Lancaster JB609 PH-f 12 Squadron RAF

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    Photo of James May – WO James May J/86759 Mid Upper Gunner Lancaster JB609 PH-f 12 Squadron RAF
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Correspondence – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Correspondence – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer James May is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer James May is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– 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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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer James May is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer James May is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Grave marker– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Grave marker – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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