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Commendation for Valuable Services in the Air
Ref for decoration: CHARDE, F/O William Crawford (J11328) - Commended for Valuable Services - No.13 SFTS - Award effective 26 October 1943 as per London Gazette of that date and AFRO 2386/43 dated 19 November 1943.</P><P>
Also from multiple references including 418 Sqn ORB: he actually perished on Feb 9 1945, the date on his death certificate (10th) is quite odd. He took off at 20h51 on the 9th from RAF Blackbushe, Hampshire, and perished in the crash of his aircraft. The info from German archives mention the aircraft crashed and exploded at 22h20 (still on the 9th) between Willich and Viersen, north of Mönchengladbach, Germany. 418 Sqn ORB for the mission show all aircraft returning prior to midnight meaning the fuel load potentially prevented a later return on the night of the 10th.
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Newspaper clipping
Source: Hamilton Spectator, October 5, 1945 -
Photo of William Crawford Charde
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Crawford Charde
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Crawford Charde
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Crawford Charde
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Crawford Charde
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Crawford Charde
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Crawford Charde
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Crawford Charde
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 503 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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