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Military service
Service number:
R/50819
Age:
39
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth:
May 30, 1902
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
February 23, 1940
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
January 26, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Lot 95. Block 7. Sec. G.
Additional information
Son of Frederick and Ada Field, of Basingstoke Hampshire, England. Husband of Barbara Field, of Calgary, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Sergeant William Frederick Field
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Newspaper Clipping
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Biography
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Group Photo
This picture was taken on the day of the crash of their Lockheed 10A near Macgregor, Manitoba with 7 fatalities. Member of the crew were No.3 L.A.C. Thomas Cecil Bate (RCAF) R/56779, No.6 Flt/Lft William John Dyson (RCAF) C/2002, No. 8 F/Off John Henry Thrift (RCAF) C/7258, No.9 Sgt William Frederick Field (RCAF) R/50819. Sgt Arthur Reginald Read Lane(Aux/RAF) No.1 in the photo. The other two fatalities were Sgt Harold William Holland (RAF) No.2 in the photo and Flt Sgt John Leslie Clark (RAF) No.10 in the photo.
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Frederick Field
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Frederick Field
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Frederick Field
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Frederick Field
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Frederick Field
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 73 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CALGARY (BURNSLAND) CEMETERY Alberta, Canada
Calgary, in the south-western part of Alberta, is on both the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway, No2, 304 kilometres south of Edmonton.
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