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Military service
Service number:
J/88258
Age:
21
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
431 Sqdn.
Death:
July 29, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 253.
Additional information
Son of William J. and Margaret Sorel, of Nakina, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer William Gerald Sorel
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Photo of William Gerald Sorel
William Gerald Sorel of Nakina, Ontario was lost aboard Halifax MZ589 during an operation to Hamburg. Five other Canadian airmen were also lost, Joseph Collver, Robert Leman, Norman Bailey, Matthew MacFarlane and Norman Jermey. -
Runnymeade Memorial
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Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Pilot Officer William Gerald Sorel is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer William Gerald Sorel is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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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 -
Photo of WILLIAM GERALD SOREL
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Photo of WILLIAM GERALD SOREL
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Service Book
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Letter
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Id card
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Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Gerald Sorel
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Gerald Sorel
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Gerald Sorel
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Gerald Sorel
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Gerald Sorel
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Gerald Sorel
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Gerald Sorel
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Gerald Sorel
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Gerald Sorel
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 449 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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