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Son of Charles Hailstone, and Annie Hailstone, of Regina, Saskatchewan.
The province of Saskatchewan honoured Flying Officer Hailstone by naming a Lake in his honour.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer William Charles Hailstone
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Charles Hailstone
20 March 1943 - Both these lads were in the transportation business before the war. At the left is P/O John Diggins of Mulgrave, New Brunswick, former C.N.R. employee and at the right, F/O Bill Hailstone of Regina, who worked for the Greyhound Bus Company. They are still in the transportation business but of a slightly different kind. Today, flying from Malta, they transport torpedos to make life unpleasant for German and Italian supply ships in the Mediterranean. Hailstone is a pilot and Diggins an observer in 458 RAAF (Australian) torpedo bomber squadron flying from Malta.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Charles Hailstone
AC2 WILLIAM CHARLES HAILSTONE - June 1941
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Charles Hailstone
From the Regina Leader Post July 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Charles Hailstone
From the Regina Leader Post April 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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20 March 1943 - Both these lads were in the transportation business before the war. At the left is P/O John Diggins of Mulgrave, New Brunswick, former C.N.R. employee and at the right, F/O Bill Hailstone of Regina, who worked for the Greyhound Bus Company. They are still in the transportation business but of a slightly different kind. Today, flying from Malta, they transport torpedos to make life unpleasant for German and Italian supply ships in the Mediterranean. Hailstone is a pilot and Diggins an observer in 458 RAAF (Australian) torpedo bomber squadron flying from Malta.
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AC2 WILLIAM CHARLES HAILSTONE - June 1941
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From the Regina Leader Post July 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Regina Leader Post April 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 166 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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The MALTA MEMORIAL is situated in the area of Floriana and is easily identified by the Golden Eagle which surmounts the column. It stands outside the King's Gate, the main entrance to Valletta.
The Memorial takes the form of a column fifteen metres high of travertine marble from Tivoli in the Sabine Hills near Rome, incised with a a light reticulated pattern and surmounted by a gilded bronze eagle two metres high. The column stands on a circular base around which the names are commemorated on bronze panels.
The MALTA MEMORIAL, built on a site generously provided by the Government of Malta, commemorates those who lost their lives whilst serving with the Commonwealth Air Forces flying from bases in Austria, Italy, Sicily, islands of the Adriatic and Mediterranean, Malta, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, West Africa, Yugoslavia and Gibraltar, and who have no known grave.
The bravery of the people of the island of Malta between the years 1940 - 1942 was honoured with the unique award of the George Cross.
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