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W/O. Ralph Alexander Saffran
Royal Canadian Air Force 429 (Bison) Squadron
from:Ferintosh, Alberta, Canada
Warrant Officer Ralph Saffran, RCAF, was shot down on 20th of December 1943 in a Halifax bomber and taken prisoner by the Germans. Newspaper accounts from the Lethbridge Herald (Alberta, Canada) dated 17 May 1945 record he and 11 other fliers from Alberta, Canada had been liberated in Europe. Upon liberation he returned to England and married his sweetheart, Gladys Marie Baldwin in June 1945. The couple then returned to Ferintosh, Alberta, Canada to the family farm. He lived a long life and passed away 7 February 1985 in Camrose, Alberta, Canada.