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Military service
Service number:
J/9146
Age:
22
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
421 Sqdn.
Birth:
December 21, 1921
Regina, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
April 8, 1941
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
June 7, 1944
Overseas, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV.F.11.
Additional information
Son of Harry E. and Jean B. Drope, of Regina, Saskatchewan.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant William John Drope
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Grave Marker
Grave marker - Bayeux War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of William John Drope
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William John Drope
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William John Drope
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William John Drope
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William John Drope
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 295 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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