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Military service
Service number:
J/89955
Age:
22
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
78 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
April 20, 1922
Calgary, Alberta
Enlistment:
October 15, 1942
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
June 13, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Row A. Coll. grave 1-5.
Additional information
Son of Henry and Christina Byers of Calgary, Alberta.
Brother of Carl Alexander Byers who was killed in action on February 29, 1944 while serving with the 1st Canadian Special Service Battalion.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer James Edward Byers
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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 Edward Byers is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Pilot Officer James Edward Byers is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of JAMES EDWARD BYERS
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Photo of JAMES EDWARD BYERS
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Edward Byers
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Edward Byers
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Edward Byers
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Edward Byers
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Edward Byers
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Edward Byers
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Edward Byers
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 264 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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