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James Alvin Smith

In memory of:

Flying Officer James Alvin Smith

July 21, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

J/22369

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

158 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Commemorated on Page 446 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ST. HELLIER CHURCHYARD
Seine-Maritime, France

Grave Reference:

Coll. grave.

Location:

St. Hellier is a village 22 kilometres south-south-east of Dieppe, and approximately 370 metres west of the road from Dieppe to St Saens, which is a small town 10 kilometres south-south-east of St. Hellier on the Amiens to Le Havre road. Near the south-east corner of the ST. HELLIER CHURCHYARD is the collective grave of 7 airmen.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Attestation paper– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation paper– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of JAMES ALVIN SMITH– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of JAMES ALVIN SMITH– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of JAMES ALVIN SMITH– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Other– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Other– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Group photo– Bomber crew RAF Lissett 158 squadron.
  • Newspaper Clipping
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Flying Officer James Alvin Smith is 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
  • Memorial– Flying Officer James Alvin Smith is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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