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Flight Lieutenant George Edward McGill

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Military service

Service number: J/5312
Age: 25
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 103 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Birth: April 14, 1918 Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment: September 3, 1940 Ontario
Death: March 31, 1944 Sagan, Poland

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: 8. C. 7.
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Son of George Wellington and Rita (nee Strahmayer) McGill of Toronto, Ontario. Spouse of Elizabeth Louise (nee Goodman) McGill and father of Peter Edward of Toronto, Ontario.

Flight Lieutenant McGill was a student of the University of Toronto 1936-1938.

Flight Lieutenant McGill was taken Prisoner of War in January 1942 after bailing out from his Wellington aircraft. He was one of six Canadian airmen shot after being recaptured during an escape from Stalag Luft 3.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 386 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY Poland

Poznan (or Posen), which is the capital of the Province of the same name, is a cathedral city on the River Wanta. The POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY is on the northern side of the town.

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