WWII Group to Warrant Officer Class II S. Sleeth, Royal Canadian Air Force, who was killed in action during an operation sortie on Duisburg on 27 April 1943
1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and War Medal.
Canadian Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. (F.S. Navigator S. Sleeth R-84338) all in card boxes of issue.
Stewart Sleeth, the son of Daniel and Anne Sleeth, of Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and served with 405 Squadron. He was killed in action on the night of 26-27 April 1943 when his Halifax, whilst on a sortie to Duisburg, crashed at Walsum on the east bank of the Rhine, 12km NNW of Duisburg, at 2:16 a.m. This was the Squadron’s first operational loss since the Squadron commenced Path Finder Force duties. The entire crew were killed, and are all buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany.
Product Code: EM4269
