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Military service
Service number:
C/87159
Age:
23
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
429 Sqdn.
Birth:
April 21, 1921
Dufferin County, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 31, 1942
Galt, Ontario
Death:
August 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
43. A. 10.
Additional information
Son of Joseph B. Glass and Esther Glass, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Harry Glass
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Grave marker
Photo Courtesy of John S. Brehaut -
Obituary
Harry Glass is honoured on page 28 of the memorial book,<br> CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties,<br> compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. <br> 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:<p> The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives <br> 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada)<br> telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 <br> facsimile: 514-931-0548 <br> website: www.cjc.ca -
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Harry Glass
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Harry Glass
PL- 29129 (UK-10007) - 429 Squadron RCAF - Date 21 April 1944 Extinguishing a fire aboard his Halifax bomber while being attacked by two enemy night fighters earned an immediate award of the Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM) for Sgt Harry Glass, Flight Engineer, of Toronto. He also assisted members of the crew aboard the dinghy when the pilot had to ditch close to the enemy coast. -
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 Harry Glass is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Harry Glass is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harry Glass
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harry Glass
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harry Glass
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harry Glass
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harry Glass
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harry Glass
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harry Glass
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harry Glass
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harry Glass
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 317 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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