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Military service
Service number:
J/88446
Age:
23
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
440 Beaver Squadron
Birth:
December 19, 1920
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 6, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
July 16, 1944
Caen, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XII. F. 7.
Additional information
Son of Francis Aloysius McConvey and Mary Helen (nee Heck) of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of D'arcy, Alan, John, Ruth, Mary and Margaret. Pilot Officer McConvey was a graduate of Harbord Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 11 October 1946.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Carl Joseph McConvey
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Memorial Plaque
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Carl Joseph McConvey
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Crest
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Carl McConvey
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Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Temporary grave marker and photo from LAC, Ottawa
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Id card
ID Card from LAC, Ottawa -
Court of Inquiry about crash
LAC, Ottawa -
Letter
Letter from S/L Pentland to Mr. McConvey, LAC, Ottawa -
Grave Marker
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Carl McConvey
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Witness Statement
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
For the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Carl Joseph McConvey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Carl Joseph McConvey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Carl Joseph McConvey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Carl Joseph McConvey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Carl Joseph McConvey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Carl Joseph McConvey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Carl Joseph McConvey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Carl Joseph McConvey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Carl Joseph McConvey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 383 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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