Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Memorial – Flying Officer Richard W. Paget, 437 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, who came from Shelburne, Ontario, is memorialized on the back of a family tombstone in Shelburne Cemetery, Highway 10, Melancthon Township, just north of Shelburne, Ontario. F/O Paget was killed in action while piloting a Dakota transport aircraft that crashed about five miles south-east of Arnhem, The Netherlands, while engaged in air-dropping supplies to the British 1st Airborne Division. The crash is presumed to have been due to enemy action, as there was enemy anti-aircraft and small arms fire in the area at the time. Also killed in the crash were three other RCAF aircrewmen, as well as four air despatchers from the Royal Army Service Corps, British Army. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2018.)

Photo of WILLIAM RICHARD PAGET – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of WILLIAM RICHARD PAGET – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Identification – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Notification of death – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Correspondence – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Correspondence – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me