By Rosalind Russell – Representing his family and his police service, a former Espanola Police officer will be going to England for a historical dedication.
Ed Stortz, who is now a member of the Windsor Police, is also the grandnephew of a fallen hero, Air Gunner Flying Officer John Alexander Glenn (J/36021) of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Glenn, born in North Bay (Ferris) in 1925, attended North Bay Collegiate Vocational School and was a machine operator before enlisting in February 1943.
Stortz says he, his wife Paula (also a former Espanola Police officer), and daughter Jeana Martin, will be flying to the Memorial Dedication to honour and remember the crew of the Halifax III bomber (MZ311 EY-M) which crashed into Cleeve Hill, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire in the early hours of August 26th, 1944.
(We will have more details from Ed and Paula as they make their way overseas.)
Photos: 1. Air Gunner Flying Officer John Alexander Glenn (J/36021) of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
2. Ed and Paul Stortz – FB
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