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Military service
Service number:
J/42694
Age:
27
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
100 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
August 17, 1917
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 15, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
March 16, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
8. A. 25.
Additional information
Son of William L. and Genevieve M. Vale, of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Pilot Officer Francis Edward Vale who died on September 25, 1942 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer William Richard Vale
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Newspaper Clipping
Toronto Star -
Newspaper clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Toronto Telegram. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial Plaque
The memorial at De La Salle College (Oaklands) Toronto to the former students killed in the Second World War. -
Memorial
Flying Officer William Richard Vale 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 -
Memorial
Flying Officer William Richard Vale is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Richard Vale
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Richard Vale
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Richard Vale
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Richard Vale
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Richard Vale
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Richard Vale
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Richard Vale
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Richard Vale
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Richard Vale
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 572 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY Germany
Durnbach is a village 16 kilometres east of Bad Tolz, a town 48 kilometres south of Munich. Durnbach War Cemetery is 3 kilometres north of the village Gmund am Tegernsee. Using the A8 from Munich, turn off at the junction Holzkirchen, taking the 318 road in the direction of Gmund am Tegernsee. At the crossroads with the 472, turn left in the direction of Miesbach. The cemetery is situated approximately 500 metres on the left from the 318/472 crossroads.
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