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Military service
Service number:
J/17777
Age:
30
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
429 Sqdn.
Birth:
June 19, 1913
Alameda, Saskatchewan
Death:
June 23, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
8. K. 6.
Additional information
Son of Charles Alexander Sneath and Lois Rebecca Sneath, of Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer William Alfred Sneath
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William Alfred Sneath b.19 Jun 1913, Alameda, Saskatchewan; d. 23 June 1943; went down with his plane in Houthalen-Helchteren, Belgium returning to England after air raid to Mulheim, Germany. There is a war memorial in that town that lists his name. See also the book "Gevallen Vlengels - Fallen Wings", by Robert Bellio and Debora Grossi which tells part of his story. My mother, Jeanettes Sneath Cox, was his sister. -
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From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Pilot Officer William Alfred Sneath
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Pilot Officer William Alfred Sneath
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Commemorated on:
Page 215 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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