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.
