Legge Preston St. Clare

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Preston St. Clare Legge is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

Canada's Bomber Command Memorial Panels

ISOB Preston St Clair Legge

Name:

Preston St. Clare Legge

Rank:

Pilot Officer

Serial Number:

J/87061

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Date of Death:

1944-06-13

State:

Massachusetts

Cemetery:

Dunkirk Town Cemetery, Dunkirk, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Coll. grave 8-14.

Decoration:

Comments:

Preston St Clair Legge, of Norfolk, Massachusetts, was born on September 30, 1922, in New Ross, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was the husband of Christina C. Legge.

Preston served in the #434 Bluenose Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Pilot Officer during World War II. He was Killed in Action on June 13, 1944, when his Halifax aircraft #MZ 293, which took off at 23h08 at RAF Croft, England, was shot down by Oblt Dr�nkler's hunter from I./NJG5 during a mission to attack the communication lines in Arras, France.

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