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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
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
March 31, 1944
Sagan, Poland
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
8. C. 7.
Additional information
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.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Bar, War Medal 1939-45, Mentioned in despatches
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant George Edward McGill
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Photo of George Edward McGill
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Memorial Stone - Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Memorial Garden - The plaque under the cross reads "Erected by the Prisoners of War of the allied air forces in honoured memory of their comrades who died at Stalag Luft 3 during the war AD 1939-1945 Per Ardua ad Astra" ... Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Near the exit of Tunnel Harry - Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Entrance to Harry - Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
The Canadians - Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial - Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
George Edward McGill (The Great Escape) This article appeared in the Toronto Star March 20th 1943. He was murdered on March 31st 1944 for escaping from Stalag Luft 3. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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George Edward McGill (The Great Escape) This article appeared in the Toronto Star March 20th 1943. He was murdered on March 31st 1944 for escaping from Stalag Luft 3. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant George Edward McGill is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant George Edward McGill is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of George Edward McGill
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Identification
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Correspondence
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Letter of recommendation
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Correspondence
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
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From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
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From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
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From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
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From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
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From the Toronto Telegram January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram February 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Owen Sound Sun Times May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Hamilton Spectator c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant George Edward McGill
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant George Edward McGill
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant George Edward McGill
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant George Edward McGill
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant George Edward McGill
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant George Edward McGill
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant George Edward McGill
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant George Edward McGill
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant George Edward McGill
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 386 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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