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Military service
Service number:
R/93410
Age:
25
Rank:
W.O.II Observer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
97 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
January 9, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
20. C. 7.
Additional information
Son of Henry Alexander Hignell and Christina Helen Hignell, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of W.O.II Observer Wilbert Scott Hignell
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. 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
WO II Observer Wilbert Scott Hignell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
WO II Observer Wilbert Scott Hignell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram February 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star February 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star February 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Observer Wilbert Scott Hignell
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Observer Wilbert Scott Hignell
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Observer Wilbert Scott Hignell
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Observer Wilbert Scott Hignell
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Observer Wilbert Scott Hignell
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Observer Wilbert Scott Hignell
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Observer Wilbert Scott Hignell
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Observer Wilbert Scott Hignell
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Observer Wilbert Scott Hignell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 170 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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