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#Name*First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See NoteAircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
17251 WickS APilot OfficerRCAFBomber Command429Sqn RCAF
1944-03-24HalifaxIIILK805AL-HLeeming1900BerlinKilledBerlin 1939-1945 War CemeteryParadie Archive Database
17252 WickenJ HFlying OfficerFighter418Sqn RCAF
1945-03-25MosquitoVIRS531PatrolInjured
17253 WickensW RSergeantRCAFBomber Command1664HCU
1944-10-14HalifaxIIHR802DishforthDuisburgKilledRunnymede Paradie Archive Database
17254 WickensH AFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1944-06-15LancasterIIIJB729LQ-EGransden Lodge2338LensKilledRunnymede Paradie Archive Database
17255 WickensEPilot OfficerRCAFBomber Command434Sqn RCAF
1944-03-25HalifaxVLL225WL-LCroft1832AulnoyeCrash landed at Friston Sussex on returnParadie Archive Database
17256 WickettJ CWing CommanderFighter418Sqn RCAF
1945-02-22MosquitoVIPZ397XPatrolPoW
17257 WicksPhilip FrancisSergeantR/180285Air GunnerRCAFBomber Command434Sqn RCAF
1944-01-28HalifaxVLK740WL-VRAF Croft, Yorkshire2357Berlin See Archive report for further details KilledBerlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery. Collective grave 9.H.16-21Paradie Archive Database Read Archive Report
17258 WicksonGordon ConradSergeantR978672nd February 1921 in Vancouver, British ColumbiaCanadianAir Gunner (Rear)RCAFBomber Command83Sqn
1943-06-21LancasterIIIED997OL:RRAF Wyton23:08KrefeldED977 was claimed by Hptm. Manfred Meurer his 48th Abschuss, from 3./NJG1, 2km west of Oeffelt, west of Gennep at 6100m at 01:23 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (1 January - 22 June) 1943 Part 1 - Theo Boiten)KiAJonkerbos War Cemetery 7.I.6
Paradie Archive DatabasePosthumously promoted to Flt Sgt. with effect 28th February 1943

Son of Gordon Albert and Mabel (née Ironside) Wickson of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
17259 Wickstrom Fred Edward Flying OfficerJ964228th April 1919 in Erickson, Manitoba.CanadianWireless Operator/Air GunnerRCAFTransport Command 1 Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit (OADU) 1942.10.25BeaufortIDW834UnknownRAF Portreath, CornwallFerry FlightSee archive Report for detailsMiA Malta Memorial, Panel 4, Column 1.
17260 WiddessW RFlying OfficerJ/13467PilotRCAFFighter198Sqn
1943-12-31TyphoonIbJP652TRamrodCollided with nextKilledRunnymede Memorial United KingdomParadie Archive Database
17261 WidemanKSergeantRCAFBomber Command78Sqn
1944-02-24HalifaxIIILW509EY-TBreighton1824SchweinfurtShot down near StuttgartPoWParadie Archive Database
17262 WidenojaEdwin TaunoFlying OfficerJ/27281Air BomberRCAFBomber Command433Sqn RCAF
1944-05-08HalifaxIIIMZ828BM-H RAF Skipton-on-Swale, Yorkshire 1038St-Leu See Archive report for further details InjuredNone - understood to have survived the war Paradie Archive Database Read Archive Report
17263 WidlerJ ESergeantBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1943-09-05HalifaxIIHR810LQ-XGransden Lodge1925MannheimCrashed NusslochPoW
17264 WiensR CFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1944-08-16LancasterIIIPA988LQ-PGransden Lodge2100StettinEvader Paradie Archive Database
17265 WiensPeterSergeant Air GunnerRCAFBomber Command419Sqn RCAF
1944-08-25LancasterXKB708VR-ERAF Middleton St George1934Russelsheim (Opel works) Crashed at Boscombe Down on return InjuredNone Paradie Archive Database Read Archive Report
17266 WigelsworthMSergeantBomber Command419Sqn RCAF
1943-05-23HalifaxIIBB384VR-Middleton St George2301DortmundCrash landed Dinsdale on return
17267 WiggettRussell ThomasPilot OfficerJ/90359 / R/116330Age 22CanadianAir GunnerRCAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1943-04-04HalifaxIIBB336EQ-ORAF Leeming, Yorkshire2113KielSee archive report for further brief detailsPoW No: 1045 Camp: Stalag Luft HeydekrugNone - Survived the warParadie Archive Database
17268 WightmanE RFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command419Sqn RCAF
1945-04-13LancasterXKB866VR-MMiddleton St George2022KielLost without traceKilledRunnymedeParadie Archive Database
17269 WigleyJ ASergeantR251303CanadianAir GunnerRCAFBomber Command420 (Snowy Owl) Sqn, RCAF
1944-09-15HalifaxIIINA629PT:WTholthorpe21:56KielThey bombed the at 01:19 hours from 1800ft before turning for home. On the return journey the hydraulic system failed, probably holed by Flak. The loss of hydraulics caused the flaps to lower followed by the undercarriage the the bomb doors. The wireless operator put out an SOS and despite attempts by the crew to rectify the situation, Motherwell was forced to ditching this highly dangerous configuration at 04:05 hours. They were 70 miles off the East Anglian coast. At times a search scene could resemble flies around a honeypot and this was the case during the search for Motherwell and his crew. Sqn Ldr Simpson in Hudson L/279 and Fg Off Garven in U/2279 were scrambled at 18:01 and 18:23 respectively. On arrival at the search area and they discovered three Lancasters and two Halifaxes, one of which was another 420 Sqn aircraft flown by Flt Lt E S Heimpel RCAF, circling two dinghies containing the seven survivors. The Hudsons dropped smoke floats to help mark the position and shortly afterwards a Walrus amphibian arrived and picked up the survivors. Sometime later an RML was homed to the area and the survivors were transferred to this from the Walrus. The RML then took the Walrus under tow and headed home. (Dinghy Drop: 279 Squadron RAF 1941-1946 - Tom Docherty)RescuedParadie Archive Database
17270 WigleyC V RFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command77Sqn
1944-08-12HalifaxIIIMZ347KN-AFull Sutton2120BraunschweigKilledRunnymede Paradie Archive Database
17271 WikHFlight SergeantCHECKPilotRCAFFighter43Sqn
1942-08-19HurricaneIIcBD712ZRecceKilled Paradie Archive Database

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17272 WilbeeBruce GeorgeFlight SergeantR/63731CanadianWireless Operator/Air GunnerRCAFBomber Command77Sqn
1941-09-20WhitleyVZ6934KN-Leeming1843Berlin?KilledBerlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Coll.grave 7.K.19-22.Paradie Archive DatabaseSon to George and Jean Wilbee of Stratford, Ontario, Canada
17273 WilbyC FSergeantRCAFBomber Command419Sqn RCAF
1943-02-27HalifaxIIDT615VR-PMiddleton St George1825GardeningDitchedRescued Paradie Archive Database
17274 WilcockAlbert JamesFlight LieutenantJ/85391Air/BmrDFC

RCAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1944-09-26LancasterIIIPB129LQ-A RAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire 1200Cap Gris Nez See archive report for full details SurvivedNone - survived the war. Passed away 1981 Paradie Archive Database Read Archive Report
17275 WilcocksJ AWarrant OfficerPilotFighter403Sqn RCAF
1944-08-05SpitfireIXMK810RecceInjured
17276 WilcoxW GSergeantRCAFBomber Command102Sqn (Ceylon)
1942-07-26HalifaxIIW1142DY-ATopcliffe2313HamburgCrashed off German CoastPoWParadie Archive Database
17277 WilcoxL RCorporalRCAFBomber Command425Sqn RCAF
1944-04-24HalifaxIIIMZ525KW-TrainingCrashed TopcliffeKilled Paradie Archive DatabaseFirst French Canadian squadron
17278 WildeCharles GarnettFlight SergeantR/8543311 March 1920PilotRCAFBomber Command420Sqn RCAF
1942-07-02HampdenIP5332PT-TWaddington2305BremenClaim by Fw Heinz Grimm 5/NJG 2 - 15km WNW Zwolle at 01:40. Crashed in an inlet called Ganzediep in Lake Zwarte Meer.KilledAmersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery Plot 13 Row 3 Grave 48
Paradie Archive DatabaseSon of Harry Milton Wilde and Mabel Lillian Wilde, of Richmound, Saskatchewan, Canada
17279 WildeJamesFlight SergeantR66444CanadianBomb AimerRCAFBomber Command426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF
1943-10-07LancasterIIDS689OW:SLinton on Ouse20:32StuttgartSee Archive report for detailsKiARachecourt-sur-Blaise, France Cemetery. Grave 1.Paradie Archive Database
17280 WildfongG WFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command100Sqn
1944-03-15LancasterIIIND681HW-BGrimsby1902StuttgartCrashed Bonneuil-les-EauxKilledPoix-de-la-SommeParadie Archive Database
17281 WildingJ AFlying OfficerDFC

RCAFBomber Command426Sqn RCAF
1944-09-09HalifaxVIINP681OW-JLinton on Ouse621le HavreCrashed at WallingfordKilledBrookwood Military Cemetery Paradie Archive Database
17282 WileFloyd AlvinPilot OfficerJ18872CanadaNavigatorRCAFBomber Command617 Sqn
1943-05-16LancasterIIIED864AJ:BScampton21:59Chastise: Dambusters RaidSee Archive report for detailsKilledReichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 21.D.15
Paradie Archive Database
17283 WilesA ASergeantBomber Command424Sqn RCAF
1943-02-24WellingtonXHE369QB-PTopcliffe1820WilhelmshavenCrashed on return to baseKilled
17284 WileyJames WilsonFlying OfficerJ/13479Age 24CanadaPilotRCAFFighter Command1Sqn
1943-11-25TyphoonIbJP592JX-?RAF Lympne, Kent14:45Ramrod 332See archive report for further detailsKilledCherbourg Old Communal Cemetery France

Paradie Archive DatabaseBorn on the 05th January 1919 in Plunkett, Saskatchewan, Canada. Educated at Viscount Consolidated High School. Worked as a motion picture projectionist prior to enlisting. Holder of private flying licence (25 hours). Enlisted on the 28th June 1940 at Viscount, Saskatchewan. Trained at No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School and No. 31 and 12 Service Flying Training School. Awarded pilot badge on the 24th March 1941. An instructor at Mount Brandon with No.12 Service Flying Training School.

Son of Frederick and Jessie Alwilda Wiley (née Mosher - died 02nd December 1942, age 64) brother of two sisters, Cora Enid and Retta Irene of Viscount, Saskatchewan, Canada. Husband of Nadine Evaline Wiley (née Scott, married 07th June 1941 in Toronto), of Arden, Ontario, Canada. Epitaph: 'Not Just To-Day But Every Day In Silence We Remember'.

17285 WileyGeorge WilliamPilot OfficerJ723424th January 1922 in London, OntarioCanadianPilotMiD

RCAFMiddle East Command112 (Fighter) Sqn
1943-03-10P-40K42-45798GA:?Neffatia, Tunisia15:45Fighter EscortSee Archive report for detailsPoW No. 930, Stalag Luft 3/MurderedPoznań Old Garrison Cemetery Grave 7.D.2.Son of Morley Riley and Ethel May (née Root) Wiley of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
17286 WilkeA ESergeant1575740Bomber Command431Sqn RCAF
1943-06-22WellingtonXHE394SE-VBurn2319MulheimCrashed near MonchengladbachKilledRheinberg War Cemetery
17287 WilkieSergeantRCAFBomber Command408Sqn RCAF
1942-04-12HampdenIAT120EQ-Balderton2129Essen?KilledParadie Archive Database
17288 WilkieR JPilot OfficerRCAFBomber Command426Sqn RCAF
1944-06-28HalifaxVIILM198OW-VLinton on Ouse2218MetzEvader Paradie Archive Database
17289 WilkinRichard PenningtonSquadron LeaderJ/6026CanadianPilotDFC

MC (Czechoslovakia)

MiD
RCAFBomber Command138Sqn (Special)
1943-09-20HalifaxVDG252NF-BTempsfordSOEOperation Gatarrh 14/Leek 9 over Holland. Crashed in the sea off the Frisians.KilledTerschelling (West-Terschelling) General Cemetery Grave 109Paradie Archive Database All available evidence suggests that this Halifax was operated by a five man crew.

Son of William Lewis Wilkin and Hilda Richardson Wilkin, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
17290 WilkinsJSergeantRCAFBomber Command419Sqn RCAF
1944-11-01LancasterXKB767VR-UMiddleton St George1701OberhausenCrash landed at Manston Paradie Archive Database
17291 WilkinsG WFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command420Sqn RCAF
1944-10-30HalifaxIIILW388PT-DTholthorpe1704KolnCrashed at Manston Kent on return Paradie Archive Database
17292 WilkinsW TSergeantBomber Command408Sqn RCAF
1944-08-07HalifaxVIINP713EQ-XLinton on Ouse2051CaenCrashed at East Moor on return
17293 WilkinsW CSergeantBomber Command427Sqn RCAF
1943-12-20HalifaxVLK627ZL-KLeeming1615Frankfurt?PoW
17294 WilkinsonG LSergeantRCAFBomber Command10 OTU
1942-06-25WhitleyVP4944?-AAbingdon2252Bremen?KilledRunnymedeParadie Archive Database
17295 WilkinsonArthur MorleySergeantR/182329Air/GnrRCAFBomber Command115Sqn
1943-12-29LancasterIIDS834KO-FRAF Witchford, Cambridgeshire1728Berlin See archive report for full details KilledTungelroij Roman Catholic Cemetery Row 1. Grave 1Paradie Archive Database Read Archive Report
17296 WilkinsonHorace Edward JohnSergeantR79192CanadianWireless Operator/Air GunnerRCAFBomber Command142 Sqn
1942-11-16WellingtonIIIBK278QT:CRAF Grimsby, Lincolnshire17:14GardeningSee archive report for further informationPoW No: 911, Stalag 11bParadie Archive Database
17297 WilkinsonJoseph LorneFlight SergeantR152849CanadianPilotRCAFBomber Command429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF
1944-01-28HalifaxVLK746AL:KLeeming00:11BerlinClaim by Hptm Paul Semrau Stab III./NJG2 - Brusendorf at 03:30. The aircraft was shot down from 18,000ft and crashed into trees near Teltow some 16km from the the centre of Berlin. Those who perished were initially buried at Kiekebusch Cemtery Teltow.PoW No. 928, Stalag Luft 6Paradie Archive Database
17298 WIlkinsonClarence WilfridFlying OfficerJ2621020th June 1909 in Warwick, Warwickshire, EnglandCanadianBomb AimerRCAFBomber Command432Sqn RCAF
1944-12-06HalifaxIIINP695QO:KRAF East Moor16:13OsnabruckClaimed by Hptm. Dietrich Schmidt, his 35th Abschuss, from 8./NJG1 at Nordwalde: 2.800 m. at 20:14 hrs ((Nachtjagd Combat Archive (16 October 1944 - 31 December 1944) Part 5 - Theo Boiten)PoW No.6800, Stalag Luft 1Paradie Archive Database
17299 WilkinsonThomas EdwardFlight SergeantR1614872nd December 1917 in Toronto, OntarioCanadianBomb AimerRCAFBomber Command76 Sqn
1944-03-24HalifaxIIILK790MP:KHolme on Spalding Moor18:55BerlinClaimed by Hptm. Berthold Ney, his 5th Abschuss, from Stab III./NJG2 in the Wismar area at 5.800 m at 22:01 hrs. Victory confirmed on the 7th September 1944. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (16 March 1944 - 11 May 1944) Part 2 - Theo BoitenKilledBerlin 1939-1945 War CemeteryParadie Archive DatabaseCommissioned and promoted to Plt Off. (J86917) with effect 23rd March 1944

Son of Arthur Davis and Edith (née Maughan) Wilkinson from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
17300 WilkinsonSergeantBomber Command420Sqn RCAF
1942-05-30HampdenIAE399PT-PWaddington2305KolnOn return collided with Lancaster below

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