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Military service
Service number:
J/88980
Age:
22
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
429 Sqdn.
Birth:
February 11, 1922
Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 11, 1942
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
January 5, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 280.
Additional information
Son of James and Jemima Hay, of Hamilton, Ontario.
Brother of Private John Hays (Hay), who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer George Hay
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Photo of GEORGE HAY
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of GEORGE HAY
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer George Hay is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer George Hay 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
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1945.......Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George Hay
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George Hay
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George Hay
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George Hay
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George Hay
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George Hay
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George Hay
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George Hay
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George Hay
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 523 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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