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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
J/15405
Age:
22
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
408 Sqdn.
Death:
December 16, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 172.
Additional information
Son of Royal Lethington Maitland and Ruth Hildred Maitland, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant William John Maitland
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Runnymede Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Runnymede Memorial
Stone of Remembrance - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Runnymede Memorial
September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Runnymede Memorial
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Runnymede Memorial
Entrance - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of William John Maitland
In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant William John Maitland is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant William John Maitland is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Victoria Daily Times. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Province c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William John Maitland
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William John Maitland
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William John Maitland
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William John Maitland
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William John Maitland
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William John Maitland
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William John Maitland
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William John Maitland
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William John Maitland
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 186 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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