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Son of William James Roy and Rosa Amy Roy, of Ottawa.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer William Francis Roy
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Francis Roy
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Francis Roy
Pilot Officer WILLIAM FRANCIS ROY is one of 21 men commemorated on this plaque, placed In Loving Memory of the Men of St Lukes Parish who gave their lives in the World War II, in St Luke’s Anglican Church, Ottawa, Ontario. He died on September 10, 1942 and is buried in PINECREST CEMETERY, Ottawa ,Ontario,
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Francis Roy
According to this excerpt from Royal Canadian Air Force 370th Casualty List of the war, published in the Hamilton Spectator on September 16, 1942, Pilot Officer WILLIAM FRANCIS ROY was killed in a mid-air crash between his plane and another machine near Hamilton, September 10. The occupants of the other plane are not identified in this clipping, but Pilot Officer SANFORD SOOMSKY and Leading Aircraftman JAMES ARTHUR MCKAY, whose names appear on this list, died the same day.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Francis Roy
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Francis Roy
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Pilot Officer WILLIAM FRANCIS ROY is one of 21 men commemorated on this plaque, placed In Loving Memory of the Men of St Lukes Parish who gave their lives in the World War II, in St Luke’s Anglican Church, Ottawa, Ontario. He died on September 10, 1942 and is buried in PINECREST CEMETERY, Ottawa ,Ontario,
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According to this excerpt from Royal Canadian Air Force 370th Casualty List of the war, published in the Hamilton Spectator on September 16, 1942, Pilot Officer WILLIAM FRANCIS ROY was killed in a mid-air crash between his plane and another machine near Hamilton, September 10. The occupants of the other plane are not identified in this clipping, but Pilot Officer SANFORD SOOMSKY and Leading Aircraftman JAMES ARTHUR MCKAY, whose names appear on this list, died the same day.
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Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Page 111 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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OTTAWA (PINECREST) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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