Connell, William Paterson (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-February-16

Flight Sergeant William Paterson Connell RCAF

Birth Date: 1913

Born:

Parents: Allen & Jeanie L. Connell, of Bolton, Ontario

Spouse:

Home: Red Deer, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

77 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Esse Potius Quam Videri To be, rather than to seem

Base

RAF Leeming

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/60557

Home
Google MapRed Deer, Alberta
Final Burial
Google MapStratford-On-Avon Cemetery
Grave 4016

Took off from Leeming in Whitley Mk V, Z-9229, KN-M. Over the Channel the aircraft lost one engine.

Unable to maintain height it finally crashed at Sharbourne, Warwickshire, England.

Killed includes Connell: Flight Sergeant John Winslow Alexander Griffiths RCAF R/76036 KIA Stratford-On-Avon Cemetery Grave 4018. Pilot Officer Edwin Morris Hooper RAF KIA Redstone Cemetery Reigate Plot B. Grave 1331. Sergeant Peter Harding Roan RAF KIA Stratford-On-Avon Cemetery Grave 4017.

Survived: Pilot Officer J W Spalding RAF.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)