Beech, William Lionel (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1941-January-16

Pilot Officer William Lionel Beech RAFVR

Birth Date: 1921

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Home: Baldur, Manitoba

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

234 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Ignem Mortemque Despuimus We spit fire and death

Base

RAF St Eval

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

87448

Home
Google MapBaldur, Manitoba
Final Burial
Google MapSt Eval Churchyard
Row 2 Grave 4
234 Squadron (Ignem Mortemque Despdimus) Spitfire Ia aircraft N 3191 crashed returning from a convoy patrol over the English Channel after losing it's wings in a dive. Pilot Officer WL Beech (RAFVR)(Can) was killed (www.spitfires.ukf.net). Pilot Officer Beech was a Biggs' Boy (K. Stofer) and BROTHER to Sergeant Stanley Percy Beech (RCAF), who was missing believed killed1944-05-25 on 51 Sqn Halifax III aircraft LK 885. Biggs Boys were a group of young Canadians who paid there own way to England early in the war to join the RAF.

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