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Military service
Service number:
J/26320
Age:
25
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
12 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
August 11, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
43. B. 5.
Additional information
Son of George and Katherine Wistow, of Toronto, Ontario; husband of Carolyn Margaret Wistow, of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer George Leonard Wistow
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Photo of George Leonard Wistow
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Flying Officer George Leonard Wistow is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer George Leonard Wistow 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 -
Service Book
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Letter
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Attestation paper
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Photo of GEORGE LEONARD WISTOW
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Attestation paper
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Leonard Wistow
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Leonard Wistow
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Leonard Wistow
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Leonard Wistow
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Leonard Wistow
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Leonard Wistow
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Leonard Wistow
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Leonard Wistow
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Leonard Wistow
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 481 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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