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Military service
Service number:
R/62095
Age:
20
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
115 Sqdn.
Birth:
January 13, 1922
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
June 4, 1940
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Death:
June 30, 1942
Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 105.
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Helen (nee Kerr) Linwood, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Brother of Alan and Marjorie.
Flight Sergeant Linwood is commemorated on the Scottish War Memorial located at The Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 7 May 1946.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant William Linwood
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Newspaper Clipping
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The Scottish War Memorial Casket
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Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
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Memorial
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Memorial
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Linwood
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Linwood
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Linwood
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Linwood
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Linwood
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Linwood
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 90 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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