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Military service
Service number:
J/18332
Age:
23
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
218 Sqdn.
Death:
August 24, 1943
North Sea coast of Sylt Island, Denmark
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 176.
Additional information
Son of William and Edith Martin, of Welland, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer William Martin
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Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … 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 -
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Pilot Officer William Martin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer William Martin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of WILLIAM MARTIN
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Photo of WILLIAM MARTIN
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Award Citation
Seems like this may be a record from the RCAF on his entitled medals, awards, citations. -
Photo of WILLIAM MARTIN
Aircraft that Pilot Officer William Martin was flying the day it was shot down. (BF 522 HA N) -
Photo of WILLIAM MARTIN
The aircraft he was flying is pictured in the bottom of this photo. (BF 522 HA N) -
Wartime diary
AIR 27/1351 - War diary page of the night he was shot down, and reported missing. "Aircraft 'N' and 'X' Missing. He was flying "N"
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Martin
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Martin
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Martin
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Martin
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Martin
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Martin
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Martin
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Martin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 187 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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