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Bill Pentland was not the squadron leader who liked to show off…

Click here to visit a Website paying homage to him as well as pilots who were first with 111 Squadron.

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Squadron Leader (Pilot) William Harry “Big Bill” Pentland DFC
(J3204) He received his Wings from #2 Service Flying Training School at Uplands (Ottawa) in early 1940. He was ordered to England and arrived on Christmas Eve, 1940. On June 28, 1941, he was injured in a plane crash (head injuries) and spent a period in recovery. By early 1942, he had been promoted to Flight Lieutenant and was named a Flight Commander in his squadron (402 Squadron). He returned to Canada and served for a time as instructor at #1 Operational Training Unit, Bagotville, Quebec. He was appointed Squadron Leader of 111 Sqn in December, 1943, relieving his good friend since flight training days, David L. Ramsay. He took the newly re-numbered (to 440 Sqn) squadron to Europe. He remained S/L until his death on October 7, 1944. His Typhoon (Number MN 641) exploded just as he relea

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William Harry "Big Bill" Pentland

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RAF Sends 600 Planes Against Five Countries
Lose Only Five Per Cent of Attacking Force in 36-Hour Offensive

London, Sept. 22, 1941 — (CP Cable) — The Royal Air Force used more than 600 bombers and fighters in its great weekend offensive, authoritative sources said today in describing the 36-hour day and night blows against vital targets in five countries.

Four Lost Over Berlin
The successful attacks on targets scattered over Germany, Norway, Holland, Belgium and France were made with a loss of only about five per cent of the attacking force. The R.A.F. lost 20 fighters and seven bombers, four of them over Berlin.
Canadians have been playing a bigger role in the R.A.F.'s increasing offensive.
Sgt. Graham Robertson, of Toronto, son of Dr. D. E. Robertson, of Moose River fame; Sgt. George McClusky, of Kirkland Lake, Ont. and F/L Bob Morrow of Vancouver, each got one Nazi plane while escorting a squadron of Blenheims in a sweep over northern France earlier in the week.

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William Harry Pentland J3204

April 4, 1917 - October 7, 1944

440 Squadron

Graham Bennett, neighbour of William (Bill) Pentland, WWII Typhoon pilot and Robert (Bob) Pentland, WWII Spitfire pilot, said, “I have endless material on the Pentland Boys including Bill’s logbook, which was given to me by the boys’ sister Patricia.

“Bill and Bob were always nice to me even though I was much younger, born in 1930. We lived on the same street, two houses from each other on 37th Avenue SW, Calgary. We lived at 317 and they lived at 311. I was always very interested in what they did when they were involved in athletics and in their RCAF careers.

“My wife, Beverley, and I visited Bill’s grave in the Rheinberg Military Cemetery in Germany where the land was a gift from Germany to the War Graves Commission and is close to where the Canadian forces crossed the Rhine. This was very moving for the two of us.