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Military service
Service number:
R/93472
Age:
22
Rank:
Observer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
405 Sqdn.
Birth:
October 17, 1919
Ferryden by Montrose, Scotland
Enlistment:
February 27, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 17, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Row A. Grave 23.
Additional information
Son of David and Mary Ann Paton of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Observer Charles Andrew Paton
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Crash Report
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Crash Report (September 17, 1942)
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Crash Report (September 18, 1942)
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Crash Report (September 21, 1942)
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Memorial
Observer Charles Andrew Paton is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Observer Charles Andrew Paton is 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 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Observer Charles Andrew Paton
Digital gallery of
Observer Charles Andrew Paton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 105 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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