Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Leslie Arthur Foster
In memory of:
Pilot Officer Leslie Arthur Foster
April 28, 1944
Military Service
J/87480
26
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
405 Sqdn.
Additional Information
Husband of Florence M. Foster, of Medicine Hat, Alberta.
Commemorated on Page 307 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
WEBBEKOM CHURCHYARD
Belgium
Grave 2.
WEBBEKOM CHURCHYARD is located 30 Km east of Leuven. From the Grote Markt in the centre of Diest take the Sint-Jan Berchmanstraat which leads directly away from the Stadhuis. Take the first right into the Leuvensestraat and travel 400 m to a main set of traffic lights. Turn left at these lights onto the N10 Commissaris Neyskenslaan for 500 m. Turn right onto the E Robeynslaan (N2) and follow this road for 1.3 kilometers. This will bring you almost into Webbekom. Turn left into Webbekomstraat and go 100 m further where you will find the cemetery surrounding the church on the right side of the road. The Commission plot is to the rear of the church.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Memorial – Pilot Officer Leslie Arthur Foster is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Pilot Officer Leslie Arthur Foster is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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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 -
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Photo of Leslie Arthur Foster – Leslie, who was known at 77 Squadron as 'Buck' in the Summer of 1943 at RAF Elvington -
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Photo of Leslie Arthur Foster – 'Buck' Foster, 3rd from right, with his 77 Squadron crew and JB839 KN-K 'King Gremlin' in the Summer of 1943, RAF Elvington -
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Cenotaph – His name is listed on the Medicine Hat Cenotaph.
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