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Military service
Service number:
R/166835
Age:
28
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
44 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
July 5, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 284.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Rennie, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada.
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Grave Marker
Grave of W. W. RENNIE in the National Necropolis of Beauvais, Marissel (Oise) -
Group Photo
The crew of Lancaster ME699, shot down over Beauvais on the night of 4th/5th July 1944. <P> Left to right: Flight Engineer Sgt William Robinson, Wireless Operator Sgt Thomas Jackson, Bomb Aimer F Sgt John Wainwright, Pilot Officer William Young RAAF, Rear Gunner Sgt Robert Routledge, Mid Upper Gunner Sgt William Rennie RCAF and Flying Officer Frank Wareham, Navigator. -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant William Wilson Rennie is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant William Wilson Rennie is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of WILLIAM WILSON RENNIE
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Photo of WILLIAM WILSON RENNIE
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Letter
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Letter
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Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Wilson Rennie
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Wilson Rennie
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Wilson Rennie
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Wilson Rennie
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Wilson Rennie
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Wilson Rennie
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Wilson Rennie
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Wilson Rennie
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Wilson Rennie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 426 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MARISSEL FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Marissel is a commune on the east side of Beauvais. Beauvais is a Cathedral City in the Department of the Oise.
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