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Military service
Service number:
J/6361
Age:
22
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
420 Sqdn.
Death:
April 14, 1942
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Son of Frank McCarthy, K.C., and Bertha McCarthy, of York Mills, Toronto, Ontario.
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Photo of William McCarthy
From: University of Toronto Memorial Book Second World War 1939-1945. The book was published by the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto. <P> Submitted with permission, by Operation Picture Me. -
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Pilot Officer William Francis McCarthy is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Pilot Officer William Francis McCarthy is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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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 -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star June 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star April 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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This stone stele is located in the chapel of Trinity College in the University of Toronto. “AS DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE”, “TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE TWO GREAT WARS”. Photo: Mana Sadeghipour, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University of Toronto. -
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From the Toronto Telegram April 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Francis McCarthy
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Francis McCarthy
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Francis McCarthy
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Francis McCarthy
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Francis McCarthy
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Francis McCarthy
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Francis McCarthy
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Francis McCarthy
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Francis McCarthy
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 95 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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