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Military service
Service number:
R/60557
Age:
29
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
77 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
February 16, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 4016.
Additional information
Son of Allen and Jeanie L. Connell, of Bolton, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant William Paterson Connell
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Edmonton Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Source: Globe and Mail, February 27, 1942 -
Grave Marker
Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll of Honour Project. Volunteer Henry Drury -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant William Paterson Connell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant William Paterson Connell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Edmonton Bulletin February 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Paterson Connell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Paterson Connell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Paterson Connell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Paterson Connell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Paterson Connell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Paterson Connell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Paterson Connell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Paterson Connell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Paterson Connell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 65 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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