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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
J/17271
Age:
24
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
239 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
September 13, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Joint grave 18. B. 21-22.
Additional information
Son of William Walter and Gertrude Hughes Breithaupt, of York Mills, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer William Ransom Breithaupt
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of William Breithaupt
William "Bright Eyes" Breithaupt standing in front of De Havilland Mosquito -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Ransom Breithaupt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Ransom Breithaupt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Ransom Breithaupt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Ransom Breithaupt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Ransom Breithaupt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Ransom Breithaupt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Ransom Breithaupt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Ransom Breithaupt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Ransom Breithaupt
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 257 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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