Not much is known of Mid Upper Gunner Joseph Simon Sleigher. He was known by his middlename of Simon. he came from Drapeau, in the Province of Quebec, Canada and the son of Joseph and Marie Sleigher. At his death he was 21 years old and was buried at Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire. It appears likely that he had three sisters, Jeanne, Therese and Marthe as well as a brother Raymond.
Simon Sleigher, photographed after he had completed his eighth operational flight. Photo kindly supplied by Mr Alan Soderstrom.
Joseph (Simon) Sleigher's gravestone at Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Training and other flights undertaken by the airmen as a "Crew" is shown via a link from the previous main page to the history of this incident.
This is the Nouvelle War Memorial in Quebec, Canada, although not visable from this photograph it lists a Simon Sleigher, given there is no record of anyone with that immediate name on CWGC, I would suggest that this is infact Joseph Simon Sleigher and he was known by his middle name because his father also was called Joseph Sleigher. A Mr Raymond Sleigher organised a commemorative ceremony in Nouvelle, Quebec province in 2005. He is Simon Sleigher's brother. If he or any of his family read this I would very much like contact. From a search on Google, this Mr Sleigher could well be the brother of Simon Sleigher. There may also be some relation to famous ice hockey player Louis Sleigher.