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Military service
Service number:
R/105126
Age:
20
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
429 Sqdn.
Death:
June 22, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 185.
Additional information
Son of William Ernest and Nellie (nee Pyper) Parkinson, of Lansing, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant William George Parkinson
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Photo of William George Parkinson
The crew of HZ519 from left to right included: F/Sgt Ernest A. Star (Pilot) who has no known grave, F/Sgt John Kopchuk (Navigator), F/Sgt Casimir F. Orlinski (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner), F/Sgt James P. O'Reilly (Bomb Aimer), F/Sgt William G. Parkinson (Air gunner) who has no know grave.<P> Submitted by Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of WILLIAM GEORGE PARKINSON
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
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Memorial
Flight Sergeant William George Parkinson is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant William George Parkinson is 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 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 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 Star February 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William George Parkinson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William George Parkinson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William George Parkinson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William George Parkinson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William George Parkinson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William George Parkinson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William George Parkinson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William George Parkinson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William George Parkinson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 201 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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