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Military service
Service number:
R/85910
Age:
23
Rank:
W.O.II Air Gunner
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
207 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
March 3, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
5A. D. 4.
Additional information
Son of William and Ellen Cain, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of W.O.II Air Gunner William Edward Cain
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Photo of William Edward Cain
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 -
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 William Edward Cain
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. 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
WO II Air Gunner William Edward Cain is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
WO II Air Gunner William Edward Cain is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Group Photo
Pictured with sister-in-law Aileen Cain (nee Annis) before being deployed. Friend unknown. -
Document
Registration of headstone in Hamburg Cemetery. "He still lives in our hearts". -
Photo of WILLIAM EDWARD CAIN
A candid photo in Toronto, Ontario. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Air Gunner William Edward Cain
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Air Gunner William Edward Cain
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Air Gunner William Edward Cain
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Air Gunner William Edward Cain
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Air Gunner William Edward Cain
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Air Gunner William Edward Cain
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Air Gunner William Edward Cain
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Air Gunner William Edward Cain
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Air Gunner William Edward Cain
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 142 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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