Last Post - Sergeant William Stocks Paton
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Source: http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers
In Memory of
Sergeant WILLIAM STOCKS PATON
R/182453, Royal Canadian Air Force
who died age 23
on 23 August 1944
Son of Thomas and Isabella Paton, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Remembered with honour
BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Commemorated in perpetuity by
the Commonwealth War Graves Commissionsource: http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=2668041
Sergeant William Stocks Paton from Toronto, Ontario trained as a Navigator and crewed up with Sergeant Robert Clarke Green who had attended No 3. Bombing and Gunnery School with many aircrew from this site.
Upon Graduation, Sergeant Paton was posted overseas and trained on Wellington's at #24 OTU Honeybourne, again with many aircrew from this site.
Click here to see images from OTU Honeybourne and the Wellingtons flown, affectionately known as 'Wimpys'.
Wellington aircraft #MK 520 crashed near the Norne Farm, Stuntney, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.
Killed were:
Sgt. William Stocks Paton (N)
Sgt Robert Clarke Green (AG)
Sgt. A.D. Daniels
FS. J.L. Murray
F/O J.M. Rinahan
William Stocks Paton is the son of Thomas and Isabella Paton of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery in section 43.D.10.
The image at left shows the certificate issued in Honour of Sgt. William Stocks Paton by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Click here to read the ""They Shall Grow Not Old" entry for Sergeant William Stocks Paton.
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