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Military service
Service number:
J/21914
Age:
27
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
408 Sqdn.
Birth:
October 26, 1916
Wartime, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
July 5, 1941
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
February 25, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 246.
Additional information
Son of Robert Boswell Hillman and Jane Hillman, of Elrose, Saskatchewan.
Brother of Donald Ernest Hillman who died on June 24, 1944 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer James Gordon Hillman
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Inscription
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Stone of Remembrance
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Runnymede Memorial
September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Entrance
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of James Hillman
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Group Photo
February 25, 1944 picture of the missing crew. Back L-R: Reggie Morse: WAG ~ Shirely Shirlock: Skipper ~ George Baston: Eng. ~ Harry Curmliffe: B Aimer Front L-R: Johnny Walker: Rear A/G ~ Gordon Hillman F/O Nav (Can) ~ Armour John Emerson: Mid-Upper A/G Submitted by Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Flying Officer James Gordon Hillman is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer James Gordon Hillman 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 -
Telegram
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
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Photo of JAMES GORDON HILLMAN
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Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Gordon Hillman
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Gordon Hillman
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Gordon Hillman
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Gordon Hillman
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Gordon Hillman
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Gordon Hillman
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Gordon Hillman
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Gordon Hillman
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Gordon Hillman
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 335 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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