CHESS, James Barry
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- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Death
- January 21, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Berlin, Germany
- Cemetery
- Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
- Enlistment No.
- J-86590
- Rank
- Pilot Officer
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Pilot Officer James Chess of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was reported missing after air operations and presumed dead on January 21, 1944, according to an official announcement. He enlisted in the air force in August 1941. He trained as a wireless air gunner at Mossbank, Saskatchewan, and proceeded overseas in May 1943. Pilot Officer Chess was awarded his operational wings posthumously.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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