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Military service
Service number:
R/83127
Age:
25
Rank:
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr.
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
425 Sqdn.
Birth:
July 19, 1917
Windsor, Ontario
Enlistment:
December 20, 1940
Windsor, Ontario
Death:
March 3, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
5A. A1. 8.
Additional information
Son of Clyde and Mae (nee Chauvin) Forbes, of Windsor, Ontario.
Digital gallery of W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. William Clyde Forbes
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Photo of William Clyde Forbes
William Clyde Forbes, son of Clyde F. Forbes and May Forbes(Chauvin) affectionatly known as "Buster" by his family,was on his ninth mission, when he and five others lost their lives.<BR> May we all remember; the price of freedom, and cheerish the gift of life! -
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From the Windsor Daily Star. 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 -
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WO II W Op/Air Gunner William Clyde Forbes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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WO II W Op/Air Gunner William Clyde Forbes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. William Clyde Forbes
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. William Clyde Forbes
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. William Clyde Forbes
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. William Clyde Forbes
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. William Clyde Forbes
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. William Clyde Forbes
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Commemorated on:
Page 160 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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