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Military service
Service number:
R/57631
Age:
23
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
429 Sqdn.
Birth:
March 19, 1920
Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment:
March 20, 1940
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
November 3, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 181 .
Additional information
Son of William Bernard and Lily Byers, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant George James Byers
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Inscription
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial Entrance
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant George James Byers is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant George James Byers is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Group Photo
Their mates of the RCAF Bomber Group squadron commanded by W/C J. D. "Pat" Patterson, DFC have given up trying to tell the Byers twins apart. The two lads, pictured above, joined the RCAF together as engine fitters, re mustered together, did all their training together and were posted to the same squadron overseas. Within 24- hours of arrival they were on their way to Hanover taking part in one of the heaviest raids yet staged by the Canadian Group, Sgt. Bill Byers is shown at LEFT, and his brother George at RIGHT. Bill doesn't believe in luck charts, but George wears a white ivory skull on his battle dress. Their home is at 913 West Fifth Ave., West Vancouver, BC. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1943. 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
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George James Byers
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George James Byers
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George James Byers
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George James Byers
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George James Byers
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George James Byers
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George James Byers
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George James Byers
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George James Byers
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 142 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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