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Paul Wood HendersonPaul Wood Henderson, of Cardston, Alberta served with
the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. He
was a Flying Officer Pilot attached to #132 Operational Training
Unit, flying Bristol Beaufighters which were very deadly in attacking
enemy shipping and also as night fighters and ground attack aircraft.
Henderson was killed in a flying accident May 29, 1944 when
Beaufighter aircraft #EL240 had the starboard engine fail three minutes
after take-off and crashed at Garden Meadow Park, Haddington. He is
buried in St. Martin’s New Burial Ground, Haddington, East Lothian,
Scotland. Paul was the son of Albert G. Henderson and Maude Edith
Henderson of Cardston, Alberta; he was 25 years old. “At the going
down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them.”
Over 117,000 soldiers from World Wars I and II, the Korean War, Bosnia, Afghanistan and UN Peacekeeping missions have laid down their lives for Canada. These memorial prints are dedicated to honouring those men and women who died, so that we may enjoy the freedom we have today.
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