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Military service
Service number:
J/25872
Age:
21
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
630 Sqdn.
Death:
August 18, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 248.
Additional information
Son of William Joseph and Florence Mary Shearstone, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer William Joseph Shearstone
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Memorial
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial Entrance
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
Photo from The Toronto Star May 9, 1945, page 23 F/O Shearstone was Navigator on Lancaster PG 244 in 630 (RAF) Squadron. The crew were airborne from their base at East Kirkby on a daylight raid on a German supply depot at L’Isle-Adam near Paris. He was instantly killed by the flak. Other crew members bailed out and 3 Canadians and 1 RAF survived and evaded. They were: F/O A. F. Kemp; F/O W. F. Jones; Sgt R.D.Larritt; and Sgt. J. W. Stirling. Sgt. G. E. Benson was taken Prisoner of War and was interned in Camp L7. The names of F/O Shearstone and P/O (AG) Cameron, age 30, from Ponoka, Alberta, are inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial for those with no known grave. [Source: //lostbomers.co.uk; They Shall Grow Not Old, Commonwealth Air Training Plan, Brandon, Manitoba.] -
Newspaper clipping
Obituary from The Toronto Star May 9, 1945, page 23 -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer William Joseph Shearstone is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer William Joseph Shearstone is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of WILLIAM JOSEPH SHEARSTONE
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Photo of WILLIAM JOSEPH SHEARSTONE
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Attestation paper
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Attestation paper
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Photo of WILLIAM JOSEPH SHEARSTONE
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Correspondence
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Joseph Shearstone
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Joseph Shearstone
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Joseph Shearstone
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Joseph Shearstone
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Joseph Shearstone
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Joseph Shearstone
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Joseph Shearstone
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Joseph Shearstone
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Joseph Shearstone
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 441 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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