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Son of William Earle Allison and Mary Ruth Allison, of Montreal, Quebec. Brother of Phyllis and Anne.
Flight Lieutenant Allison attended Loyola High School in Montreal before moving onto McGill University where he studied commerce. He also worked at General Motors. It was said he had a passion for flying and belonged to a gliding club. On his bureau sat a small plane that he carved.
The RCAF crew took off from the Stratford-upon-Avon airfield on a night training mission. Shortly before 9:00 p.m. the crew radioed that they were having trouble with the starboard engine. Minutes after they received permission to drop below cloud cover the MF 509 aircraft slammed into the terraced southwest face of Carreg Goch in the Brecon Beacons mountains in Wales. The cause of the crash was listed as pilot error.
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Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Allison
Photo submitted for the project Operation Picture Me with the permission of McGill University from their web site, 'McGill Remembers'
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Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Allison
Photo submitted for the project Operation Picture Me with the permission of Lashburn Saskatchewan Legion Branch #73 from their web site, 'Lashburn Legion Branch #73'
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Allison
Photo submitted for the project Operation Picture Me with the permission of Lashburn Saskatchewan Legion Branch #73 from their web site, 'Lashburn Legion Branch #73'
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Allison
Photo of Blacon Cemetery, Chester, England (CWGC)<P>
Wellington MF509 was flying out of #22 Operational Training Unit in Warwickshire. On November 20, 1944, the crew were on a night cross-country exercise when it began to lose height due to icing. All the crew were killed when it struck Gareg Goch in the Black Mountains, Wales. <P>
The crew were:<P>
Sgt. (P) Charles Hamel<BR>
Sgt. (N) Jules Villeneuve <BR>
F/O (BA) William Allison <BR>
Sgt. (AG) Arthur Groulx<BR>
Sgt. (AG) Gerald Du Sablon<BR>
Sgt.(WAG) Joseph Burke<P>
(Courtesy "They Shall Grow Not Old", Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba.)
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Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Allison
From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Allison
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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Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Allison
Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Allison is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Allison
Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Allison is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Allison
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Allison
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Allison
Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Allison as commemorated on the RCAF Memorial Wall, Brandon, MB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens June 2023
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Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Allison
A portion of the RCAF Memorial Wall, Brandon, MB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens June 2023
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Photo submitted for the project Operation Picture Me with the permission of McGill University from their web site, 'McGill Remembers'
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Photo submitted for the project Operation Picture Me with the permission of Lashburn Saskatchewan Legion Branch #73 from their web site, 'Lashburn Legion Branch #73'
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Photo submitted for the project Operation Picture Me with the permission of Lashburn Saskatchewan Legion Branch #73 from their web site, 'Lashburn Legion Branch #73'
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Photo of Blacon Cemetery, Chester, England (CWGC)<P> Wellington MF509 was flying out of #22 Operational Training Unit in Warwickshire. On November 20, 1944, the crew were on a night cross-country exercise when it began to lose height due to icing. All the crew were killed when it struck Gareg Goch in the Black Mountains, Wales. <P> The crew were:<P> Sgt. (P) Charles Hamel<BR> Sgt. (N) Jules Villeneuve <BR> F/O (BA) William Allison <BR> Sgt. (AG) Arthur Groulx<BR> Sgt. (AG) Gerald Du Sablon<BR> Sgt.(WAG) Joseph Burke<P> (Courtesy "They Shall Grow Not Old", Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba.)
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From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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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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Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Allison is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Allison is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Allison as commemorated on the RCAF Memorial Wall, Brandon, MB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens June 2023
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A portion of the RCAF Memorial Wall, Brandon, MB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens June 2023
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Commemorated on:
Page 236 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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