Gracie, William Brown
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | William Brown |
Surname | Gracie |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-08-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Smith Gracie and Christina Brown Gracie, of Peterborough, Ontario. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LL594 |
Markings | KW-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | N. 12. |
Epitaph | NOW WITH GOD'S ETERNAL SQUADRON BEYOND THE AZURE BLUE |
Ribbon Stone | 0418 (Block 5, Column 22, Row 3) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 172 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/114324 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 425 (Alouette) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of Flt Sgt Bill Gracie RCAF 431/425 Sqn KIA 5-8-44 |
Location | Outside Village Hall, Dishforth, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the Canadian aircrew of 425 and 426 Sqns RCAF who served at RAF Dishforth, 1942-1945 |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, inscribed metal plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial, in French, to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 425 Sqn |
Location | Former Control Tower, Tholthorpe Airfield, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 425 Sqn |
Miscellaneous Information
His name may be found written in contemporary graffiti on the walls of the control tower at RAF Tholthorpe (see images). |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-08-1944 |
End Date | 05-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Tholthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | St. Leu d'Esserent- to destroy a flying bomb storage facility in a series of tunnels. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed just NW of Chantilly, France |