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Military service
Service number:
R/118907
Age:
21
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
576 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
September 24, 1922
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 19, 1941
Galt, Ontario
Death:
July 15, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Row 3. Grave 4.
Additional information
Son of John and Elsie McCollum, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
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Photo of William John McCollum
Flight Sergeant McCollum was a member of Raymond Linklater's crew aboard Lancaster ND 994. They were shot down in a Shrage Muzik attack on a night trip to the railyard at Revigny, France. For full details of the RAF raids on Revigny in July 1944 in which 41 Lancasters were shot down, read: "Massacre Over the Marne". -
Memorial Plaque
The memorial at De La Salle College (Oaklands) Toronto to the former students killed in the Second World War -
Gravemarker
His grave at Loches sur Ource, Aube, France -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper clipping from The Toronto Star, April 14, 1945, page 20 -
Photo of William John McColllom
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Western Technical School
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial Plaque
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. 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
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Certificate from the City of Toronto -
Photo of William John McCollum
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Funeral
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Cemetery
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Funeral
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Funeral
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Funeral
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Funeral
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 383 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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