Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of John D. and Helen McNally Casey, of Ridgetown, Ontario.
He served in Canada and Great Britain.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey
Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey
Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey
From the Toronto Star January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands<P>Airborne 2334 16Aug41 from Waterbeach. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 0215 17Aug41 9 km NW of Roermind, Holland. Those killed were buried originally at Venlo. They have been subsequently re-interred in Jonkerbos war Cemetery. P/O Casey was the only Canadian on board. Five other crew members were killed, and one survived and served out the war as a POW.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey
Source: Globe and Mail August 20, 1941
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey
Source: Globe and Mail August 20, 1941
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey
Source: Globe and Mail August 20, 1941
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Image gallery
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Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey 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
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Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the Toronto Star January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands<P>Airborne 2334 16Aug41 from Waterbeach. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 0215 17Aug41 9 km NW of Roermind, Holland. Those killed were buried originally at Venlo. They have been subsequently re-interred in Jonkerbos war Cemetery. P/O Casey was the only Canadian on board. Five other crew members were killed, and one survived and served out the war as a POW.
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Source: Globe and Mail August 20, 1941
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Source: Globe and Mail August 20, 1941
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Source: Globe and Mail August 20, 1941
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY Netherlands
The town of Nijmegen is 16 km south of Arnhem. JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY is 4 km south west of Nijmegen, 1 km south of the main Grave-Nijmegen road. Folowing the A73 exit at the junction Nijmegen Wijchen taking following directions to Nijmegen along the A32b entering Nijmegen on the Graafseweg. On reaching the Industrieterrein a Commission signpost directs visitors to turn left onto the Weg Door Jonkerbos. Shortly after appears a further signpost showing the left hand turning onto Oude Mollenhutseweg. The JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY is located on 150 metres after entering the Oude Mollenhutseweg on the right hand side of the road.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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