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Military service
Service number:
R/82438
Age:
21
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
419 Sqdn.
Death:
October 5, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 20. C. 1-3.
Additional information
Son of Robert and Ruby McElroy, of Kemptville, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Guy James Herman McElroy
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands<P>Wellington aircraft of 419 Sqdn was lost when severe icing conditions were encountered on the way to the target, Aachen, Germany. Killed with F.Sgt. McElroy were the pilot, WO2 Thomas Powell of Sarnia, ON; F.Sgt Howard Broom of Lansing, ON; F.Sgt. Joseph O'Grady of Brockville, ON; and P/O Francis L. Todd from Cobalt, ON. (Source: They Shall Grow Not Old, published by the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, MB.) -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Guy James Herman McElroy is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Guy James Herman McElroy 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
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Guy James Herman McElroy
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Guy James Herman McElroy
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Guy James Herman McElroy
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Guy James Herman McElroy
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Guy James Herman McElroy
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