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Military service
Service number:
J/12302
Age:
20
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
429 Sqdn.
Birth:
July 11, 1922
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 3, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 22, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
15. H. 2.
Additional information
Son of Edward and Margaret Follows, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer William Arthur Follows
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Memorial
Flying Officer William Arthur Follows 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
Flying Officer William Arthur Follows is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of William Arthur Follows
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of William Arthur Follows
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands<P> Wellington HZ517 was airborne 2335 21Jun43 from East Moor on an operation over Krefeld. It was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 0138 5 km NW of Roermond. The crew are buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery. They are: P/O G.H.De Bussac; P/O M.B.Spence; F/O W.A.Follows; F/S G.D.Coe; Sgt D.E.Palmatier. (Source: //lostbombers.co.uk) -
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From the Toronto Star June 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Group Photo
L to R: P/O MB Spence, F/O WA Follows and P/O GH DeBussac -
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
Flying Officer William Arthur Follows
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Arthur Follows
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Arthur Follows
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Arthur Follows
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Arthur Follows
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Arthur Follows
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Arthur Follows
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Arthur Follows
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Arthur Follows
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 159 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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