Shearstone, William Joseph (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-August-18

Flying Officer William Joseph Shearstone RCAF

Birth Date: 1923

Born:

Parents: Son of William Joseph and Florence Mary Shearstone, of Toronto, Ontario.

Spouse:

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

630 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nocturna Mors Death by night

Base

RAF East Kirby

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

J/25872

Home
Google MapToronto, Ontario
Target
Google MapL'Isle Adam France (near Paris)
Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 248

Took off from East Kirkby at 12:08 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code LE-N Bomber Command) on an operation to attack a supply depot at L'Isle Adam, near Paris.

Aircraft hit by flak crossing the Normandy coast and crashed at Rouvray-Catillon, France.

Killed includes Shearstone: Pilot Officer George Cameron RCAF J/92129 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 249.

POWs: Sergeant Gerald Edward Benson RAF POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia.

Evaders: Flying Officer W F Jones RCAF J/26302 Evader. Flying Officer Arthur Frederick Kemp RAF Evader. Sergeant R D Larritt RAF Evader. Sergeant J W Stirling RCAF R/211027 Evader.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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