Flight Sergeant Martin lost his life in the crash of 11 SFTS's Cessna Crane (#8987) aircraft, 3 miles north-west of Rhein, Saskatchewan. Leading Aircraftman Benjamin Milo Andrus and Leading Aircraftman James Gordon McCowan also perished in the aircraft accident.
Military Service:
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: R/60905
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #11 SFTS (Service Flying Training School); RCAF Yorkton, Saskatchewan
A drugstore clerk by trade, residing on 81st Avenue in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 29 June 1940 in Edmonton.
Son of George Edward Martin and Charlotte Hazel (nee McLennan) Martin of Edmonton.
Flight Sergeant James Stanley Martin is commemorated on Page 94 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Military Service:
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: R/60905
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #11 SFTS (Service Flying Training School); RCAF Yorkton, Saskatchewan
A drugstore clerk by trade, residing on 81st Avenue in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 29 June 1940 in Edmonton.
Son of George Edward Martin and Charlotte Hazel (nee McLennan) Martin of Edmonton.
Flight Sergeant James Stanley Martin is commemorated on Page 94 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Flight Sergeant Martin lost his life in the crash of 11 SFTS's Cessna Crane (#8987) aircraft, 3 miles north-west of Rhein, Saskatchewan. Leading Aircraftman Benjamin Milo Andrus and Leading Aircraftman James Gordon McCowan also perished in the aircraft accident.
Military Service:
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: R/60905
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #11 SFTS (Service Flying Training School); RCAF Yorkton, Saskatchewan
A drugstore clerk by trade, residing on 81st Avenue in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 29 June 1940 in Edmonton.
Son of George Edward Martin and Charlotte Hazel (nee McLennan) Martin of Edmonton.
Flight Sergeant James Stanley Martin is commemorated on Page 94 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Military Service:
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: R/60905
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #11 SFTS (Service Flying Training School); RCAF Yorkton, Saskatchewan
A drugstore clerk by trade, residing on 81st Avenue in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 29 June 1940 in Edmonton.
Son of George Edward Martin and Charlotte Hazel (nee McLennan) Martin of Edmonton.
Flight Sergeant James Stanley Martin is commemorated on Page 94 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BORN 20TH DEC 1918
OH, I HAVE SLIPPED THE
SURLY BONDS OF EARTH.
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