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Military service
Service number:
J/19135
Age:
20
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
1 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
December 7, 1943
Hawkinge, England
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
47. I. 5.
Additional information
Son of James and Ann Fairbairn, of Windsor, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer James Duncan Fairbairn
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Inscription
Pilot Officer James Duncan Fairbairn is also commemorated at St George's Royal Air Force Chapel of Remembrance - Biggin Hill … name on the panels that surround the Altar … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer James Duncan Fairbairn is also commemorated at St George's Royal Air Force Chapel of Remembrance - Biggin Hill … the Altar … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Biggin Hill
Pilot Officer James Duncan Fairbairn is also commemorated at St George's Royal Air Force Chapel of Remembrance - Biggin Hill … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Document
Details from Court of Inquiry about crash. LAC, Ottawa -
Letter
Letter to father about crash. LAC, Ottawa -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Duncan Fairbairn
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Duncan Fairbairn
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Duncan Fairbairn
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Duncan Fairbairn
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Duncan Fairbairn
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Duncan Fairbairn
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Duncan Fairbairn
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 158 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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