US EditionThis pilot is honoured every year in a U.K. town. Will Canada recognize his bravery?
- William Stuart McMullen, a 29-year-old Canadian pilot officer from Scarborough, died on January 13, 1945, while flying a Lancaster bomber over Darlington, England.
- McMullen died in a training exercise when his plane caught fire mid-flight; he managed to direct the aircraft clear of a heavily inhabited area of approximately 60,000 residents to protect the local population.
- Before crash-landing alone in a vacant field, he directed his six crew members to safely exit the aircraft by parachute, and his courageous deed is honored every year in Darlington with a memorial plaque and a street named in his memory.
- In a plea sent this week ahead of the 80th Victory in Europe Day anniversary, Darlington MP Lola McEvoy called on Canada to honor McMullen with a posthumous bravery award such as the Medal of Bravery or Star of Courage.
- Despite McMullen receiving wartime medals, his family fears his sacrifice is little known in Canada partly due to a five-year nomination limit for honors, and they hope this recognition will change promptly.
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MP calls for Canada to honour pilot who died in flight over England
Pilot Officer William McMullen was captaining a training flight in a Lancaster Bomber on January 13 1945 when the plane caught fire above Darlington. An MP has called for Canada to honour a Second World War pilot who sacrificed his life to save “potentially thousands of civilians he never knew” in an English town. Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot Officer William McMullen, 29, was stationed at RAF Middleton St George, now Teesside Airport, during t…
This pilot is honoured every year in a U.K. town. Will Canada recognize his bravery?
William Stuart McMullen, a Canadian pilot officer from Ontario, is little known in his own country, but his family is calling on the Canadian government to honour a man who paid the ultimate price thousands of kilometres from his home.
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There is a street named after him in a British town. A plaque at the local hospital tells the story of how the 29-year-old pilot saved many lives while sacrificing his own during the Second World War. There are even talks of building a statue of Darlington’s “Gallant Airman” to honour his life and death. But William Stuart McMullen, a Canadian pilot officer from Ontario, is little known in his own country. The Scarborough native hasn’t received …
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