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Military service
Service number:
J/88630
Age:
24
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
272 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
June 5, 1920
Essex, Ontario
Enlistment:
October 23, 1941
Windsor, Ontario
Death:
August 31, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Joint grave IV. C. 4.
Additional information
Son of Arthur and Christina Billing of Essex, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer William Henry Billing
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Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM HENRY BILLING
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RCAF Pilot Officer William Henry BILLING (J/88630) was the pilot of Beaufighter TFX NT907 from 272 (RAF) Squadron which was lost over Italy - also killed was RAF Flight Sergeant Harry THORNTON (1545936) Navigator
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Pilot Officer William Henry Billing
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Henry Billing
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Henry Billing
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Henry Billing
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 250 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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