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Military service
Service number:
J/39007
Age:
20
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
June 13, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
49. J. 4.
Additional information
Son of William and Sarah Buchanan, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer George David Wills Buchanan
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Memorial
Memorial to the crew of the crashed Wellington bomber in the churchyard of St John the Baptist’s Church, Mayfield near Ashbourne -
Cemetery
View looking towards the crash site on the tree line beyond the boundary of the churchyard -
Grave marker
Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project. Volunteer Mike and Dale Symmonds -
Photo of George Buchanan
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Western Technical School
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. 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 -
Photo of GEORGE DAVID WILLS BUCHANAN
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of GEORGE DAVID WILLS BUCHANAN
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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 George David Willis Buchanan is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer George David Willis Buchanan is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George David Wills Buchanan
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George David Wills Buchanan
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George David Wills Buchanan
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George David Wills Buchanan
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George David Wills Buchanan
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George David Wills Buchanan
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George David Wills Buchanan
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George David Wills Buchanan
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George David Wills Buchanan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 261 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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