In memory of

Flight Lieutenant

Robert James Land

who died on 14 Jan 1945

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 401 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Flight Lieutenant
  Service number J11579
  Date of death 19450114
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J11579 Flight Lieutenant (No. 401 Ram Squadron RCAF pilot) Robert James (Bob) Land (b.1918) of Luseland was KIA 19450114 and is buried at Oldenzaal Roman Catholic cemetery, Overijssel, Netherlands. Land's Spitfire was last seen engaging with an enemy fighter over Twente. He was the son of Frederick George Land who came from England to ranch southwest of Empress, Alberta, in 1909; his mother Gertrude Ethel (Chidzey) followed in 1917. The family moved to a farm near Luseland in 1926 and Bob attended Heiland school and farmed before enlisting at Saskatoon in 1941. He married Josephine Kathryn (Gerlinsky) at Luseland early the next year, she and their daughter Carole Jean later lived at Kerrobert.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 351 - Progress
  Cemetery or memorial location Oldenzaal Roman Catholic cemetery, Overijssel, Netherlands    

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  Honour roll location(s) Kerrobert
Luseland
  Geo-memorial Land Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.4167°N / 104.7°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73P7
  Geo-memorial details West of Stanley Mission.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19180326
  Place of birth Empress, Alberta    
  Date of enlistment 19410509
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Luseland    
  Occupation farmer
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