Flying Officer James Willard "Billy" Paige

1922 - 1944  (22 years)

• Name	James Willard "Billy" Paige
  Prefix	Flying Officer
  Born	17 Mar 1922	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW2
  Misfortune	killed in WW2
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  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-387353
  Died	22 May 1944
  Buried	Brookwood Cem., Surrey Co. England
  Person ID	I387353	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Ernest Bertram Paige,   b. 16 Sep 1889, Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 2 Jun 1952, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Elva Estella Turner,   b. 23 May 1891, East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 6 Feb 1975, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F245873	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Paige,WillardBilly-0001-KPL-Enhanced.jpg Willard "Billy" Paige

  
  

• Notes

  Friends before enlisting in the R.C.A.F. and members of the same bomber crew, both members of prominent families, FO. J. Willard (Billy) Paige, 21, Bridgeport, was reported killed and FO. Walter B. Jardine, 25, Kitchener, missing believed killed following air operations over Germany on May 23. Active service casualties of this district now total 158. ___________ FOUR FLYING BROTHERS Billy, the second son to meet death in a plane crash in the Paige family, escaped unhurt in 1941 when a K-W Flying Club plane in which he was a passenger crashed into the Shand Dam. He is the youngest of four flying Paige brothers. PO. Franklin, the second son, who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, was killed in action May 28, 1942. PO. Bertram Paige was the first Twin City man to win a decoration in this war. He received the Distinguished Flying Medal for assisting an R.A.F. pilot land his damaged plane in a dense snowstorm. Robert went overseas originally with a Western Ontario infantry unit, but later transferred to the air force.. ___________________

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 Mar 1922 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth