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Military service
Service number:
J/23464
Age:
23
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
78 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
March 31, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 4. F. 16-18.
Additional information
Son of John and Wilhelmina Uyen, of London, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer William Uyen
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Joined the RCAF on December 1st, 1941, and trained at Victoriaville and Windsor Mills, Quebec, Debert N.S. and Brandon, Manitoba. He graduated as a Navigator/Bomb Aimer, and received his commission as a Pilot Offocer and proceeded overseas in February 1943. He was shot down on his 27th mission. -
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flying Officer William Uyen is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flying Officer William Uyen is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Uyen
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Uyen
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Uyen
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Uyen
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Uyen
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Uyen
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Uyen
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Uyen
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Uyen
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Commemorated on:
Page 467 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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