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Military service
Service number:
R/56087
Age:
21
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
405 Sqdn.
Death:
February 26, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 106.
Additional information
Son of Arthur Stapleton Piers and of Marguerite Helen Piers (nee Lodge), of Westmount, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Brother of Flying officer Arthur William Jarvis Piers, who died during service with the Royal Air Force.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant William Stapleton Piers
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Group Photo
William Piers with his grandmother circa 1940 -
Group Photo
William Piers hangin out with RCAF friends -
Runnymeade Memorial
Runnymede Memorial (CWGC) Wellington W5516 of 405 Sqdn was airborne 1859 26 Feb 42 from Pocklington on a leaflet-dropping trip to Kiel, Germany. The aircraft was lost without trace. The crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. They were: W/C G. D. Macallister (2nd Pilot), who was 405 Sqdn Commander); Sgt F/S (WAG) E. C. Phillips; F/S (WAG) M. P. F. Robson; F/S (WAG) W.S. Piers; F/L J. A. Robson RAF; and F/S J. H. Dyson RAAF. [http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=4859] From They Shall Grow not Old (Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Man.: The pilot of an accompanying aircraft reported severe icing conditions in the area. -
Photo of William Piers
Photo taken in Montreal on February 23, 1940. He would be killed in action 2 years and 3 days later. -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant William Stapleton Piers is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant William Stapleton Piers is 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 -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Stapleton Piers
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Stapleton Piers
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Stapleton Piers
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Stapleton Piers
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Stapleton Piers
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Stapleton Piers
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Stapleton Piers
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Stapleton Piers
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Stapleton Piers
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 106 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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