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Anthony Pensa

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Anthony Pensa

May 4, 1942

Military Service


Service Number:

J/9461

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information


Son of Peter and Annetta Pensa, of London, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 106 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

OSWESTRY GENERAL CEMETERY
Shropshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Sec. T. Grave 239.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Anthony Pensa– Pilot Officer Anthony Pensa, son of Peter and Anetta Pensa, brother of Mary (Pensa) Leigh
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Book of remembrance– Source: London Ontario WW@Books of Remembrance City Hall and online
  • Funeral Procession– Procession at Anthony Pensa's funeral at Oswestry, England.  Fellow squadron members carry the casket covered with the Union Jack.
  • Military Salute– At Oswestry, England, a military salute to Anthony Pensa who died during a flight training mission with a student in England.
  • Grave marker

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