Service No: R/209012
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force, 115 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Son of James and Catherine Macmillan, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
MACMILLAN, William J.
William was born in Gananoque, Ontario on March 24, 1925. He enlisted in the
Royal Air Force on November 24, 1942 and reported to RAF 115 Squadron,
Bomber Command, in January 1944 as an upper-gunner on a Lancaster bomber.
It carried a crew of seven, was equipped with nine machine guns and could carry
over six tons of bombs. Flight Sergeant MacMillan had been recommended for an
officer's commission and was on his last mission. The target on the night of April
18, 1944 were rail yards in France as this was part of the effort to destroy the
French transport system preparatory to the June 6 Normandy invasion. The bomber
had returned to Britain and was making its final approach to land early in the
morning of April 19 when it was shot down by a German night fighter that had
followed it back from France. All crewmen were killed.
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force, 115 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Son of James and Catherine Macmillan, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
MACMILLAN, William J.
William was born in Gananoque, Ontario on March 24, 1925. He enlisted in the
Royal Air Force on November 24, 1942 and reported to RAF 115 Squadron,
Bomber Command, in January 1944 as an upper-gunner on a Lancaster bomber.
It carried a crew of seven, was equipped with nine machine guns and could carry
over six tons of bombs. Flight Sergeant MacMillan had been recommended for an
officer's commission and was on his last mission. The target on the night of April
18, 1944 were rail yards in France as this was part of the effort to destroy the
French transport system preparatory to the June 6 Normandy invasion. The bomber
had returned to Britain and was making its final approach to land early in the
morning of April 19 when it was shot down by a German night fighter that had
followed it back from France. All crewmen were killed.
Service No: R/209012
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force, 115 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Son of James and Catherine Macmillan, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
MACMILLAN, William J.
William was born in Gananoque, Ontario on March 24, 1925. He enlisted in the
Royal Air Force on November 24, 1942 and reported to RAF 115 Squadron,
Bomber Command, in January 1944 as an upper-gunner on a Lancaster bomber.
It carried a crew of seven, was equipped with nine machine guns and could carry
over six tons of bombs. Flight Sergeant MacMillan had been recommended for an
officer's commission and was on his last mission. The target on the night of April
18, 1944 were rail yards in France as this was part of the effort to destroy the
French transport system preparatory to the June 6 Normandy invasion. The bomber
had returned to Britain and was making its final approach to land early in the
morning of April 19 when it was shot down by a German night fighter that had
followed it back from France. All crewmen were killed.
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force, 115 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Son of James and Catherine Macmillan, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
MACMILLAN, William J.
William was born in Gananoque, Ontario on March 24, 1925. He enlisted in the
Royal Air Force on November 24, 1942 and reported to RAF 115 Squadron,
Bomber Command, in January 1944 as an upper-gunner on a Lancaster bomber.
It carried a crew of seven, was equipped with nine machine guns and could carry
over six tons of bombs. Flight Sergeant MacMillan had been recommended for an
officer's commission and was on his last mission. The target on the night of April
18, 1944 were rail yards in France as this was part of the effort to destroy the
French transport system preparatory to the June 6 Normandy invasion. The bomber
had returned to Britain and was making its final approach to land early in the
morning of April 19 when it was shot down by a German night fighter that had
followed it back from France. All crewmen were killed.
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