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Son of Walter Maxwell Hay and Annie Seton Hay; husband of Bette Aileen Hay, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Colin Maxwell Hay
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Colin Maxwell Hay
432 SQN - Decorated with the Distinguished Service Order after his third operational sortie, F/O Colin Hay, Winnipeg, Manitoba , navigator of a Halifax Bomber of the Leaside squadron of RCAF 6 Bomber Group, took over the controls from his pilot who was wounded by landing at an emergency landing field in Britain without further injury to the crew.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Colin Maxwell Hay
12/11/44 432 SQN Flying Officer Colin Hay, DSO, Left, Navigator of a Halifax Bomber of the RCAF Bomber Group Leaside Squadron, is congratulated by F/S Gerry Duffy, Montreal, Quebec, Tail Gunner, on receiving his award. F/O Hay was decorated for bringing their shot-up bomber back to an emergency landing field in Britain when the Pilot was wounded by flak.
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From the Toronto Telegram November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the Winnipeg Free Press 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Flying Officer Colin Maxwell Hay 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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Flying Officer Colin Maxwell Hay is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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432 SQN - Decorated with the Distinguished Service Order after his third operational sortie, F/O Colin Hay, Winnipeg, Manitoba , navigator of a Halifax Bomber of the Leaside squadron of RCAF 6 Bomber Group, took over the controls from his pilot who was wounded by landing at an emergency landing field in Britain without further injury to the crew.
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12/11/44 432 SQN Flying Officer Colin Hay, DSO, Left, Navigator of a Halifax Bomber of the RCAF Bomber Group Leaside Squadron, is congratulated by F/S Gerry Duffy, Montreal, Quebec, Tail Gunner, on receiving his award. F/O Hay was decorated for bringing their shot-up bomber back to an emergency landing field in Britain when the Pilot was wounded by flak.
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In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 523 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY Surrey, United Kingdom
Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322). The main entrance to Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright. Brookwood Military Cemetery is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom, covering approximately 37 acres.
In 1917, an area of land in Brookwood Cemetery (originally The London Necropolis) was set aside for the burial of men and women of the forces of the Commonwealth and Americans, who had died, many of battle wounds, in the London district. This site was further extended to accommodate the Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War, and American, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French and Polish plots containing the graves of Allied casualties. There are also German and Italian plots where prisoners of war lie buried.
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