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#	Name* (↑)	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Air Force (↑)	Command (↑)	Unit (↑)	DateofIncident *See Note (↑)	Aircraft (↑)	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
52601	Wilson	H G	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1942-10-24	Wellington	II	W5394	PH-H	Wickenby	.0035.	Gardening	Presumed crashed in sea	Killed	Cherbourg Old Communal		Paradie Archive Database
52602	Wilson	E C	Flight Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	207 Sqd	1944-10-15	Lancaster	I	NG143	EM-R	Spilsby	1839	Gardening		Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
52603	Wilson	K C	Pilot Officer					RCAF	Bomber Command	405 Sqd RCAF	1944-01-20	Lancaster	III	JB188	LQ-S	Gransden Lodge	1954	Magdeburg		Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
52604	Wilson	E K	Warrant Officer Class 1					RCAF	Bomber Command	408 Sqd RCAF	1944-11-21	Halifax	VII	NP810	EQ-H	Linton on Ouse	1520	Castrop-Rauxel		Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
52605	Wilson	Hugh Ross	Flying Officer	J/23525			Pilot 2	RCAF	Bomber Command	408 Sqd RCAF	1944-01-27	Lancaster	II	DS710	EQ-A	RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire	1747	Berlin	Mid air collision with night fighter - read archive report	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery. Grave 14.E.15		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
52606	Wilson	J A	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	419 Sqd RCAF	1944-01-20	Halifax	II	JD466	VR-E	Middleton St George	1941	Magdeburg	Crashed at Borne	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
52607	Wilson	M G	Flight Lieutenant					RCAF	Bomber Command	419 Sqd RCAF	1944-08-07	Lancaster	X	KB755	VR-F	Middleton St George	2122	Caen	Crashed at Auberville-la-Renault {Seine-Maritime}	Killed	Auberville-la-Renault		Paradie Archive Database
52608	Wilson	W H	Flight Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	419 Sqd RCAF	1944-08-27	Lancaster	X	KB724	VR-K	Middleton St George	1743	Mimoyecques	Crash landed at Appleton Wiske Yorkshire on take off				Paradie Archive Database
52609	Wilson	Herbert Clarke	Warrant Officer Class 2	J/86417	Age 24	Canada	Air Bomber	RCAF	Bomber Command	420 Sqn RCAF	1944-04-20	Halifax	III	LW692	PT-V	RAF Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire	2113	Lens	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Grandcourt War Cemetery. Grave E.5.		Paradie Archive Database	Son of Henry Herbert and Mary Wilson of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	Read Archive Report
52610	Wilson	Gordon Alexander	Pilot Officer	J/88025		Canadian	Navigator	RCAF	Bomber Command	424 Sqd RCAF	1944-05-24	Halifax	III	LW157	QB-S	Skipton on Swale	2251	Aachen	Shot down by Bf110 night fighter of 9./NJG 5	Killed	Runnymede Memorial, Panel 253. United Kingdom		Accident report		Paradie RCAF Database
52611	Wilson	H K	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	424 Sqd RCAF	1944-05-24	Halifax	III	LW157	QB-S	Skipton on Swale	2251	Aachen		Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
52612	Wilson	N A	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	424 Sqd RCAF	1944-05-24	Halifax	III	LW157	QB-S	Skipton on Swale	2251	Aachen		Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
52613	Wilson	R D	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	424 Sqd RCAF	1944-03-24	Halifax	III	LW435	QB-R	Skipton on Swale	1833	Berlin	Shot down near Olfen	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
52614	Wilson	M	Flight Lieutenant					RCAF	Bomber Command	426 Sqd RCAF	1944-01-27	Lancaster	II	LL721	OW-U	Linton on Ouse	1801	Berlin	Abandoned and crashed at Rausslitz	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
52615	Wilson	J L	Pilot Officer					RCAF	Bomber Command	426 Sqd RCAF	1943-12-16	Lancaster	II	DS846	OW-X	Linton on Ouse	1622	Berlin	Crashed near Verden	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
52616	Wilson	J H	Flying Officer					RCAF	Bomber Command	429 Sqd RCAF	1944-03-30	Halifax	III	LK804	AL-Q	Leeming	2150	Nurnberg	Ditched in English Channel on return	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
52617	Wilson	W R	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	429 Sqd RCAF	1944-03-10	Halifax	III	LW685	AL-C			Training	Ditched off Aberdeen				Paradie Archive Database
52618	Wilson	T A	Flying Officer					RCAF	Bomber Command	429 Sqd RCAF	1944-09-17	Halifax	III	MZ900	AL-K	Leeming	714	Boulogne	Ditched off French Coast				Paradie Archive Database
52619	Wilson	J	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	431 Sqd RCAF	1944-04-27	Halifax	III	MZ536	SE-F	Croft	2323	Montzen	Crashed Trognee {Liege}	Killed	Schoolselhof Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
52620	Wilson	W H	Flying Officer					RCAF	Bomber Command	431 Sqd RCAF	1944-05-08	Halifax	III	MZ521	SE-T	Croft	116	Haine-St-Pierre	Crashed Zwevezele {West-Vlaanderen}	Killed	Wevelgem Communal Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
52621	Wilson	R P	Flight Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	432 Sqd RCAF	1944-01-27	Lancaster	II	LL638	QO-M	East Moor	1751	Berlin	Crashed at Schmockwitz	Killed			Paradie Archive Database
52622	Wilson	J H	Flight Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	433 Sqd RCAF	1945-03-12	Lancaster	I	NG233	BM-E	Skipton on Swale	1746	Gardening	Crashed in sea	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
52623	Wilson	D F	Pilot Officer					RCAF	Bomber Command	433 Sqd RCAF	1944-07-04	Halifax	III	LW123	BM-W	Skipton on Swale	2216	Villeneuve	Crashed at Laons {Eure-et-Loir}	Killed	Laons Communal Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
52624	Wilson	J A	Flight Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	433 Sqd RCAF	1944-01-20	Halifax	III	HX289	BM-T	Skipton on Swale	2000	Magdeburg		Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
52625	Wilson	R D	Flying Officer					RCAF	Bomber Command	433 Sqd RCAF	1944-01-28	Halifax	III	HX281	BM-H	Skipton on Swale	.0019.	Berlin	Abandoned near Thirsk Yorks				Paradie Archive Database
52626	Wilson	A M	Flight Sergeant	R/167346		Canadian	Navigator	RCAF	Bomber Command	434 Sqd RCAF	1944-01-20	Halifax	V	LL179	WL-K	Croft	1615	Berlin	Possible claim by Hptm Leopold Fellerer Stab II/NJG 5.German documents show that the aircraft crashed 1.5km H. Nerdrand, Mückendorf , 3km NW of Baruth, 14 km North West of Golßen (Brandenburg)	PoW No. 927, Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug			Paradie Archive Database
52627	Wilson	D	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	49 Sqd	1944-07-18	Lancaster	III	JB473	EA-W	Fiskerton	2248	Revigny	Crashed at Vassimont-et-Chapelaine {Marne}	Evader			Paradie Archive Database
52628	Wilson	Raymond Hathaway	Flight Sergeant	R/162866			Air Bomber	RCAF	Bomber Command	51 Sqd	1944-03-30	Halifax	III	LV857	MH-H2	RAF Snaith, Yorkshire	2211	Nurnberg	See archive report for full details	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery. Grave 4.H.14		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report Attacker
52629	Wilson	H J	Flying Officer					RCAF	Bomber Command	619 Sqd	1944-07-18	Lancaster	III	LM640	PG-L	Dunholme Lodge	2303	Revigny	Crashed at Villers-St-Genest {Oise}	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
52630	Wilson	H E	Flying Officer					RCAF	Bomber Command	630 Sqd	1944-07-26	Lancaster	III	ND527	LE-O	East Kirkby	2117	Givors	Crashed at St-Ignat {Pay-de-Dome}	Killed	Clermont-Ferrand {des Carmes-Dechaux} Communal Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
52631	Wilson	T F	Flying Officer					RCAF	Bomber Command	635 Sqd	1944-10-04	Lancaster	III	ND820	F2-W	Downham Market	1058	Training	Crashed Swineshead Lincs	Killed	Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
52632	Wilson	T O	Flight Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	640 Sqd	1944-02-19	Halifax	III	LW550	C8-U	Leconfield	.0022.	Leipzig		Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
52633	Wilson	J	Sergeant	R/89650		Canadian	Pilot	RCAF	Bomber Command	9 Sqd	1942-12-17	Lancaster	I	ED349	WS-S	Waddington	1703	Cloppenburg	Coned by Scheinwerfer 48 (Frieschenmoor) at 19:40. Hit by light and heavy Flak of 6/Marine Flak Abt 222. By machine gun fire of Scheinwerfer Achtermeer (53) and Ovelgonne (97), by Flak of 1-5/Res Flak Abt 222 2/schw Flak Abt 262, lei. Hei Flak Battery . 3/XI, II/4/lei Flak Abt 988 and II and III/1/lei Flak Abt 836. Crashed Bekhausen South of Varel at 1948. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives The Early Years Part 3 - Theo Boiten)	PoW No. 27382 Stalag 344 Lamsdorf			Paradie Archive Database
52634	Wilson	W C	Pilot Officer					RNZAF	Bomber Command	158 Sqd	1944-10-25	Halifax	III	MZ945	NP-W	Lissett	1220	Essen	Crashed at Bedburg	PoW
52635	Wilson	A A	Pilot Officer	NZ-422336			Pilot	RNZAF	Fighter	486 Sqd RNZAF	1944-07-31	Tempest	V	EJ586					Collided with 91 Sqn Spitfire XI RM654 near Bexhill	Killed	Brookwood Military Cemetery United Kingdom
52636	Wilson	Alan William	Flying Officer	NZ/416568	Age 21	New Zealander	Navigator	RNZAF	Allied Expeditionary Air Force	488 Sqd RNZAF	1944-03-24	Mosquito	NF.XII	HK222	ME-?	RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex	2255	Scramble	See archive report for further brief details	Missing believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 263	Courtesy AWMM		Born on the 17th February 1923 at Invercargill. Worked as an electrical engineer for Public Works Department district engineers prior to service. Served on the territorial army for 16 months. Enlisted at Levin on the as an airman pilot under training on the 30th November 1941. No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School 11th January 1942. Embarked for Canada on the 06th March 1942. No. 1 Service Flying Training School 13th April 1942. Pilot training terminated 10th May 1942 remastered as air observer on 19th August 1942. 6 Bomber Gunnery School 30th August 1942. No. 6 Air Observer School 25th October 1942. Then to No. 9 Air Observer School 26th January 1943. Air observer badge awarded on the and commissioned on the 19th March 1943. Embarked for England on the 06th April 1943. No. 62 Operational Training Unit 25th May 1943. No. 54 Operational Training Unit 13th July 1943 flying on Beaufighters. Joined 488 squadron on the 12th October 1943. Son of Charles David Wilson and of Olive Alice Catherine Wilson (nee Scott - died 03rd June 1971, age 74), of Cashmere, Christchurch, New Zealand. A total of 301 flying hours logged and completed 18 operational sorties.	Read Archive Report
52637	Wilson	Chisholm Martyn	Flying Officer	NZ/421128	Age 20	New Zealander	Pilot	RNZAF	Allied Expeditionary Air Force	488 Sqd RNZAF	1944-03-24	Mosquito	NF.XII	HK222	ME-?	RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex	2255	Scramble	See archive report for further brief details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 263	Courtesy AWMM		Born on the 17th February 1923 at Invercargill. Worked as an electrical engineer for Public Works Department district engineers prior to service. Served on the territorial army for 16 months. Enlisted at Levin on the as an airman pilot under training on the 30th November 1941. No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School 11th January 1942. Embarked for Canada on the 06th March 1942. No. 1 Service Flying Training School 13th April 1942. Pilot training terminated 10th May 1942 remastered as air observer on 19th August 1942. 6 Bomber Gunnery School 30th August 1942. No. 6 Air Observer School 25th October 1942. Then to No. 9 Air Observer School 26th January 1943. Air observer badge awarded on the and commissioned on the 19th March 1943. Embarked for England on the 06th April 1943. No. 62 Operational Training Unit 25th May 1943. No. 54 Operational Training Unit 13th July 1943 flying on Beaufighters. Joined 488 squadron on the 12th October 1943. Son of Charles David Wilson and of Olive Alice Catherine Wilson (nee Scott - died 03rd June 1971, age 74), of Cashmere, Christchurch, New Zealand. A total of 301 flying hours logged and completed 18 operational sorties.	Read Archive Report
52638	Wilson	Eric Glover	Flight Sergeant	NZ/403035	Age 27	New Zealand	Air/Gnr	RNZAF	Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1942-09-06	Wellington	III	X3867	AA-?	RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk	105	Duisburg	-	Killed	Tilburg General Cemetery (Gilzerbaan). Plot A. Row 1. Coll. grave 27-28.	AR Archives		Born on the 09th May 1915 at Dunedin. Worked as a clerk for NZ Breweries at Dunedin prior to service. Enlisted on the 01st September 1940 at Levin. Embarked for Canada on the 05th December 1940. Awarded air gunner badge and promoted to sergeant on the 23rd June 1941. Embarked for England on the 06th July 1941. Served with various units and joined 11 Operational Training Unit on the 25th November 1941. Joined 75 squadron on the 19th June 1942. Son of Arthur James Wilson and Noreen Myrtle Wilson (née Griffiths), of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. A total of 257 flying hours logged and on his 18th operational sortie.	Archive Report on the loss of this aircraft< a>
52639	Wilson	Allan James	Sergeant	NZ/404111			W/Op/Air/Gunner	RNZAF	Bomber Command	20 Operational Training Unit	1941-12-05	Wellington	I	L4348	Not known	RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland	1642	Training	See archive report for further details	Killed	Wick Cemetery. Sec O. Grave 439			Read Archive Report
52640	Wilson	T	Pilot Officer						Bomber Command	10 Sqd	1944-03-26	Halifax	III	LV859	ZA-C	Melbourne	2000	Essen	Crashed Westum	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
52641	Wilson	Leonard Dinsdale	Sergeant	1621809				RAFVR	Bomber Command	101 Sqd	1943-12-16	Lancaster	I	DV300	SR-W	Ludford Magna	1625	Berlin	Shot down by nightfighter of Oblt. Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer. Exploded over Banco polder	Killed	Lemsterland (Lemmer) General Cemetery Holland Plot C. Row 8. Grave 228.			Lancaster DV300, piloted by Flight Lieutenant R. E. MacFarlane, DFM was shot down by the German night-fighter ace Oblt. Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, IV./NJG1, and exploded in mid-air over Friesland, Holland, whilst on a bombing raid to Berlin, on 16-17 December 1943. Their aircraft was part of an ABC early warning radar jamming group in sortie out of Ludford Magna to Berlin. All the crew were killed. Attacker
52642	Wilson	A	Sergeant						Bomber Command	101 Sqd	1944-07-20	Lancaster	I	LL779	SR-V	Ludford Magna	2255	Homberg	Crashed at Handel {Noord-Brabant}	Killed	Eindhoven {Woensel}
52643	Wilson	Robert Alexander Cooper	Sergeant	1480719	Age 22	British	Navigator	RAFVR	Bomber Command	101 Sqd	1943-12-16	Lancaster	I	DV299	SR-K2	RAF Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire	AM	Berlin	See archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 140			Son of Robert John Wilson, and stepson of Emily Jane Wilson, of Headingley, Yorkshire.	Archive Report on the loss of this aircraft
52644	Wilson	R J	Flying Officer						Bomber Command	101 Sqd	1944-01-20	Lancaster	III	LM387	SR-O	Ludford Magna		Berlin		Killed	Runnymede
52645	Wilson	L J	Sergeant						Bomber Command	102 Sqd (Ceylon)	1944-01-21	Halifax	II	HX150	DY-M	Pocklington	2016	Magdeburg	Crashed near Becklingen {Bergen}	Killed	Becklingen War Cemetery
52646	Wilson	W	Flying Officer						Bomber Command	102 Sqd (Ceylon)	1944-11-02	Halifax	III	LW141	DY-U	Pocklington	1633	Dusseldorf	Crashed at Lammersdorf	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
52647	Wilson	D C	Sergeant						Bomber Command	102 Sqd (Ceylon)	1941-10-12	Whitley	V	Z6761	DY-	Topcliffe	1839	Nurnberg	Crashed at Market Deeping Lincs
52648	Wilson	J M M	Sergeant						Bomber Command	102 Sqd (Ceylon)	1941-10-12	Whitley	V	Z6761	DY-	Topcliffe	1839	Nurnberg	Crashed at Market Deeping Lincs
52649	Wilson	J	Sergeant						Bomber Command	103 Sqd	1944-04-27	Lancaster	I	ME738	PM-S	Elsham Wolds	2141	Friedrichshafen	Crashed Langenschiltach-Schwarzwald	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery
52650	Wilson	Robert Arthur	Sergeant	1602530			Wireless Operator/Air Gunner	RAFVR	Bomber Command	103 Sqn	1944-05-03	Lancaster	III	ND411	PM:J	Elsham Wolds	22:08	Mailly-le-Camp	Hit by 1-4/gem Flak Abt 593. Crashed Beauchert at 01:05. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 2 - Theo Boiten)	Killed	Beauchery-St-Martin Communal Cemetery Grave 4.			Lancaster ND411, piloted by Pilot Officer J. E. Holden, was shot down and crashed over Beauchery-St-Martin, whilst on a bombing raid to the German military base at Mailly-Le-Camp, on 3-4 May 1944. All the crew were killed. The Bomber Command War Diaries by Martin Middlebrook states: ‘Late on 3 May 1944, 346 Lancasters of 1 and 5 Groups along with pathfinder Mosquitoes attacked the large German military base at Mailly-Le-Camp. The control of this raid in the target area failed to operate according to plan. The initial low level markers were accurate and well backed up by Lancaster marker aircraft. The Marker leader (Wing Commander G. L. Cheshire) ordered the main force to come in and bomb but the main force Controller (Wing Commander L. C. Deane) could not transmit the order to do so to the waiting Lancasters because his VHF set was being drowned by an American Forces Broadcast and his transmitter was wrongly tuned. German fighters arrived during the delay and bomber casualties were heavy. The main attack eventually started when Deputy Controller (Squadron Leader E. N. M. Sparks) took over. Approximately 1500 tons of bombs were dropped with great accuracy. 114 barrack buildings, 47 transport sheds and some ammunition buildings in the camp were hit; 102 vehicles including 37 tanks were destroyed 218 German soldiers were killed and 156 were injured. Most of the casualties were Panzer NCO’s. There were no French casualties but some were killed when Lancaster ND411 was shot down and crashed on their house.’ This aircraft was homeward after the raid but North of its tracked course. There has been some dispute over French soldier deaths held in the barracks. The Australian Government publication, Invasion to Victory April 1944 to May 1945, states: ‘The people of Beauchery-St-Martin, a little village to the South East of Paris, also had good reason to remember the night of 4-5 May 1944. Rachel De Boisgelin, the American born wife of a local landowner, was woken up by the noise: “Many of us living near were awakened by a tremendous roar of motors, by firing and then the sky was lighted up for miles around by explosions. But at that time the Germans were masters here and anyone who stepped out of a house before five in the morning risked being shot. By the noise and the glow in the sky, when the planes came down the Germans knew what had happened and they were looking at everything before anyone else. It gives me grief to tell these painful details but the planes caught fire which made identification of those who were in them extremely difficult” RAAF Flight Sergeant Clifford Gay was in one of the planes, Lancaster ND411 of 103 Squadron. Two Lancasters came down very near to each other and of the 15 crew only one survived. The remains of the others were placed in five coffins and were buried by the villagers in a collective grave in the Beauchery Communal Cemetery.’ A local teacher, Simone Rustang wrote to the sister of Sergeant James Moore, the flight engineer in ND411: ‘Never has our village seen such a big crowd - 1800 to 2000 people. At that lovely time of the year there were plenty of lilacs and lilies of the valley also tulips and rarer flowers. The five coffins disappeared under the tulips and whilst they were all being taken to their last resting place in this peaceful corner of the cemetery where the grass often grows, we were thinking of their families who might be thinking of them alive somewhere in Europe.’