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Military service
Service number:
J/90090
Age:
28
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
429 Sqdn.
Death:
July 18, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. E. 12.
Additional information
Son of William Leaman Gillespie and Estella Maud Gillespie, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer William Leaman Gillespie
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Group photo
G Gardiner,pilot. Bill Gillespie tail gunner.Ron Ellis,bomb aimer. Jack Cunningham,Flt.Engineer..In the background plane F Freddie their plane that went down July 18 1944. -
Group Photo
Front; Sgt.E Mc Gregor,mid upper gunner evaded capture Back L-R. Sgt.Bill Gillespie(RIP)Rear Upper Gunner;. Ron Ellis(RIP)Bomp Aimer; F.McNiffe(POW) wireless;P. Brunet(POW)Navigator;Flt. Lt. G Gardiner (Pow)Pilot. Taking picture (shadow) Sgt J. Cunningham(RIP)Flt. Officer -
Photo
July 18 1944, dropping bombs from above. 3 men died 3 men POW and one escaped to French lines. -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer William Leaman Gillespie is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer William Leaman Gillespie is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of William Leaman Gillespie
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of William Leaman Gillespie
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of William Leaman Gillespie
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Identification
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Service book
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Leaman Gillespie
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Leaman Gillespie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 316 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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