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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
J/15712
Rank:
Squadron Leader
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
419 Sqdn.
Death:
October 23, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
14. A. 6.
Digital gallery of Squadron Leader William Chester McGuffin
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Memorial Cairn
Memorial Cairn commemorating Squadron Leader W C MCGuffin of the Royal Canadian Air Force. McGuffin Lake was named after him and it was dedicated to him on September 9, 2001.<P> The name of this lake was bestowed by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (now the Geographical Names Board of Canada). The Memorial Cairns Project was conducted by the Airman's Memorial Cairns Committee, Royal Canadian Legion, McGrane Branch No 28, Lac La Biche, Alberta. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Calgary Herald. 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
Squadron Leader William Chester McGuffin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Squadron Leader William Chester McGuffin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of WILLIAM CHESTER MCGUFFIN
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM CHESTER MCGUFFIN
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Group Photo
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM CHESTER MCGUFFIN
Obtained from the National Defence Image Library of Canada. "PL-33732: Squadron Leader Bill McGuffin with the bombs he will release from his Moose Squadron Canadian-built Lancaster as a present to Hitler from the Wilson family of Ottawa. 1-Oct-44."
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader William Chester McGuffin
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader William Chester McGuffin
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader William Chester McGuffin
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader William Chester McGuffin
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader William Chester McGuffin
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader William Chester McGuffin
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader William Chester McGuffin
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader William Chester McGuffin
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader William Chester McGuffin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 386 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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