Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Photo of William Gerald Schroeder

Cenotaph – Flight Lieutenant William Gerald Schroeder is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Exeter, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Cenotaph – Flight Lieutenant William Gerald Schroeder is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Exeter, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Grave marker – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star July 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star July 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Group Photo – In this photo are all six Canadians, and seven of the eight men who died (the full crew) when 159 Squadron Liberator KH255 was shot down by anti-aircraft fire during a 9 Feb 1945 raid on the port of Khao Huagang, Thailand; only 1739627 RAF Sgt Derrick Charles North Burton is absent. The KH255 crew are buried in Collective Grave 7A. E. 10-17, Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma. [Crew positions on 9.2.45 are given.] Back row, left to right: J/12468 F/O SCHROEDER, William Gerald, Centralia, Ontario [pilot] J/44860 P/O MCMILLAN, Richard Lyle, Vancouver, British Columbia [2nd pilot] J/45103 P/O ZAKOW, Nick (birth name ZAICZKOWSKI), Windsor, Ontario [navigator] J/43938 P/O JOHNSON, Kristinn Gudmundur, Gimli, Manitoba [bomb aimer] J/45225 P/O TALBOT, Robert, Vancouver, British Columbia [wireless operator] **Sgt Rowley, RAF Front row, left to right: **Sgt Worseley, RAF **Sgt Meadows, RAF 2222977 Sgt BRIGHT, Roland Bernard, RAF, Langwith, UK [nose gunner] **Sgt Leishman, RAF **These four men in the were not aboard KH255 when shot down.