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Military service
Service number:
J/3270
Age:
24
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
99 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
February 5, 1917
Hawick, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 6, 1940
Sudbury, Ontario
Death:
August 17, 1941
Rogger, Netherlands
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
16. G. 2.
Additional information
Son of John D. and Helen McNally Casey, of Ridgetown, Ontario.
He served in Canada and Great Britain.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey
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Memorial
Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … 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 -
Memorial
Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Biography
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Photo of William Casey
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands<P>Airborne 2334 16Aug41 from Waterbeach. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 0215 17Aug41 9 km NW of Roermind, Holland. Those killed were buried originally at Venlo. They have been subsequently re-interred in Jonkerbos war Cemetery. P/O Casey was the only Canadian on board. Five other crew members were killed, and one survived and served out the war as a POW. -
Newspaper Clipping (1 of 3)
Source: Globe and Mail August 20, 1941 -
Newspaper Clipping (3 of 3)
Source: Globe and Mail August 20, 1941 -
Newspaper Clipping (2 of 3)
Source: Globe and Mail August 20, 1941 -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Aloysius Casey
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