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Military service
Service number:
J/29732
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
162 Sqdn.
Death:
June 14, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 245.
Additional information
Son of Elmer H. and Beatrice M. Besley, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Gordon Wilmer Besley
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Toronto Telegram. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Id Card
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of GORDON WILMER BESLEY
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
For the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
For the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Wilmer Besley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Wilmer Besley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Wilmer Besley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Wilmer Besley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Wilmer Besley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Wilmer Besley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Wilmer Besley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Wilmer Besley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Wilmer Besley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 249 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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