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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
J/3204
Age:
27
Rank:
Squadron Leader
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
440 Sqdn.
Death:
October 7, 1944
Five miles NW of Wesel, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
7. C. 6.
Additional information
Son of Augustus William and Mary Agnes Pentland, of Calgary, Alberta. Lake Pentland, Alberta, was named in memory of this officer by the Geographic Board of Canada.
Digital gallery of Squadron Leader William Harry Pentland
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Photo of William Pentland
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Group Photo
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Rheinberg War Cemetery
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Grave Marker
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Group Photo
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Newspaper clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of William H. Pentland
Photo of William H. Pentland, from Library and Archives Canada. -
Id card
Middle East ID, from Library and Archives Canada.
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader William Harry Pentland
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader William Harry Pentland
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader William Harry Pentland
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader William Harry Pentland
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader William Harry Pentland
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader William Harry Pentland
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader William Harry Pentland
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader William Harry Pentland
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 415 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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